§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Labour the total number of men involved in strikes which failed to conform with) the provisions of the Conditions of Employment and National Arbitration Order, 1940.
§ Mr. IsaacsNo information is available-as to the number of stoppages that fait within the prohibition of strikes and lockouts under Part II of the Conditions of Employment and National Arbitration, Order, 1940. As regards miners, the approximate number reported to have been involved directly or indirectly in stoppages of work through industrial disputes was 190,000 in 1940, 154,000 in 1941, 252,000 in 1942, 294,000 in 1943, 568,000 in 1944 and 244,000 in 1945 and; 349W 18,400 to the end of January, 1946. Large numbers of miners, however, were involved in more than one stoppage, even within the same year, and are, therefore, counted more than once in these totals.
§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Labour how many prosecutions were instituted in the coalmining industry for breach of the Conditions of Employment and National Arbitration Order, 1940.
§ Mr. IsaacsUp to the present prosecution proceedings for a breach of the Conditions of Employment and National Arbitration Order, 1940, have been instituted in 39 cases.