§ Mr. Daggarasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the total wages paid in the mining industry in South Wales and Monmouthshire in 1938 and the number of persons employed?
§ Mr. LloydIt is estimated that in 1938 the wages paid in the coal-mining industry in South Wales and Monmouthshire amounted to £19,076,000 and the value of allowances in kind to £445,000. The average number of wage-earners employed was 133,911.