§ Mr. GALLACHERasked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware of the general system of workmen's inspections regularly carried out in the Fifeshire pits and, in view of the value of these, will he consider introducing regulations or legislation to allow of State payment of workmen's inspectors while retaining the 1072W present democratic method of election and control?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKI am aware of the arrangements in the different coalfields for making these inspections, and the attention of the Royal Commission on Safety in Mines has already been called to this important question.