HC Deb 10 February 1938 vol 331 cc1282-3W
Mr. Chapman

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the number of miners employed at mines within the Rutherglen Division of Lanarkshire during the years 1932 to 1937, inclusive, to the nearest convenient date?

Captain Crookshank

The information is as follows:

Average Number of Wage-earners employed at mines in the Rutherglen Division of Lanarkshire in the years1932–37

Year and Average Number of Wage-earners employed below and above ground:

1932 2,871
1933 2,929
1934 3,107
1935 3,334
1936 3,426
1937 3,616