§ Mr. Murrayasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that J. H. Lee, 35, Carivelle Terrace, Willington, County Durham, who prefers to work in the coalmines rather than go into the Services, is to be sent to Scotland for a month's training at a mining centre; and why this young man is not allowed to train at the mining centre in his own village and thus avoid expense and waste of time.
§ Mr. ShinwellAll optants for coalmining employment are given four weeks' preliminary training at a Government training centre before employment and further training at a colliery. Since the cessation of the ballot, there have not been enough trainees to justify the retention of a Government centre in every coalfield, and the centre at Dunfermline caters for the combined entry to the Scottish, Cumberland, Northumberland and Durham coalfields.