Flight-Lieutenant Ralliesasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he can give for 1943, or for the first eleven months thereof, the percentage of shifts lost by wage-earners at the coalface and by all wage-earners respectively, with separate figures for shifts lost voluntarily and involuntarily.
Major Lloyd GeorģeFinal figures of the percentages of shifts lost in the coal-mining industry for the year 1943 are not yet available. The provisional figures of voluntary and involuntary absenteism at the coalface are 6.1 per cent. and 9.0 per cent. respectively. The corresponding figures for all wage-earners employed are 4.9 per cent. and 7.5 per cent.