§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Secretary for Mines whether he has considered the representations from the miners trade 1622W union with regard to the effect of mine atmosphere on civilian gas-masks; and whether he proposes to issue a special mask for use in the coal-mines?
§ Mr. LloydRepresentations with regard to the gas masks provided for use by miners have been made to me this week by the Mineworkers' Federation. The matters raised are being investigated and I hope to be in a position to deal with them in the course of the next few days.