HC Deb 30 January 1956 vol 548 c68W
63. Wing Commander Bullus

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power when he expects to make regulations to dispense with the use of pit ponies in coal mines in view of the relatively small proportion of the total output of coal they are called upon to transport.

Mr. Aubrey Jones

The number of pit ponies is decreasing, but in many pits they still do much valuable work. The conditions of their employment are regulated by statute, but I have no power to prohibit their use.

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