HC Deb 19 November 1936 vol 317 c1932W
Colonel ROPNER

asked the Secretary for Mines how many miners were employed in Yorkshire at the latest date for which statistics are available; and how this number compares with a similar date last year?

Captain CROOKSHANK

On 7th November, 1936, the number of wage-earners on colliery books in Yorkshire was 137,500, as compared with 135,500 at the corresponding date in 1935.