§ Mr. G. Macdonaldasked the Home Secretary whether he will state the percentage of persons to whom compensation was paid in consequence of accident, or industrial disease, in shipping, factories, docks, mines, and quarries during the latest year for which figures are available?
§ Mr. LloydThe returns collected by the Home Office of workmen's compensation paid in these industries in 1937 show that the numbers of cases in which compensation was paid bore the following percentages to the numbers employed: shipping 5 .93; factories 3 .97; docks 11.27; mines 23.23; quarries 10.45. The cases include cases continued from previous years.