§ Sir W. Jenkinsasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the 944W threatened stoppage of a large number of miners employed by the Amalgamated Anthracite Combine who reside in the Pontardawe Rural District Council area and the Neath Rural District Council area; will he cause immediate inquiries to be made, with a view to keeping the industries going, or making use of all the facilities available in the area for opening up new industries, where all local authority requirements are in existence; and will he consult local experts from the principality upon any new schemes to maintain the population?
Major Lloyd GeorgeI have been asked to reply to the first part of the Question. I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Secretary for Mines on 15th October. For the rest, I am making inquiries both centrally and locally as to the possibility of establishing new industries in the district in present circumstances.