HC Deb 16 March 1939 vol 345 c644W
Sir W. Jenkins

asked the Secretary for Mines what is the amount paid in rates to local authorities from the coal-mining industry in South Wales, taking Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Brecon and Carmarthen separately?

Captain Crookshank

The amount paid in local rates by the coal-mining industry in South Wales and Monmouthshire during the year ended October, 1938, was estimated to have been £235,000. Separate particulars for the counties comprising this area are not available.