§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of miners employed by British Coal or by contractors engaged by British Coal who were killed or seriously injured in accidents in the mine in each of the last 10 years; and what is the number of such accidents per 100,000 shifts worked in each of those years.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information for the 10-year period 1979 to 1988–89 is provided in the table.
§ Mr. RedwoodTwo regular members of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission are qualified engineers. In addition, one member of the telecommunications panel has both scientific and engineering qualifications.