§ Mr. Colegateasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether the method for dealing promptly with absentees by means of fines, referred to in the Eighth Report of the Select Committee on National Expenditure (Session, 1942–43), as having been adopted with good results by a few pit production committees has now been put into practice by all pit production committees.
§ Mr. T. SmithThe voluntary fining scheme, as its name implies, can only succeed if it is adopted voluntarily. My right hon. Friend has commended the scheme to all coalmining districts, but up to the present it has only been adopted in 10 out of the 25 districts.