§ Mr. Daggarasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the number of accidents, fatal and non-fatal, which happened to boys under 16 years of age employed at the mines in Great Britain during the years 1936 and 1937?
§ Captain CrookshankDuring 1936, 29 boys under 16 years of age were killed and 5,932 injured and disabled for more than three days by accidents at mines under the Coal Mines Act, 1911. The comparable figures for 1937 were 28 killed and 5,750 injured.
§ Mr. Daggarasked the Secretary of Mines whether he will state the number of workmen injured in the mines of South Wales and Monmouthshire during 1937?
§ Captain CrookshankDuring the year 1937, 27,345 persons were injured and disabled for more than three days by accidents at mines under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, in South Wales and Monmouthshire.