COAL INDUSTRY (PONTHENRY COLLIERY).

HC Deb 16 June 1936 vol 313 cc823-5W

Mr. J. GRIFFITHS

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that the Ponthenry Colliery, near Llanelly, is being abandoned and that dismantling operations are now in progress; and whether he proposes to take steps to prevent

department and in the departmental clerical class of the Bankruptcy department during the last 10 years?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

The following statement gives the information desired:

vent this colliery, upon which the village depends entirely, being abandoned?

Captain CROOKSHANK

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the second part, I am afraid that the matter is not one in which I can render any assistance. I understand that the colliery is in the hands of a receiver, and that although it was advertised for sale, no purchaser could be found.