asked the Secretary for Mines the average output per person employed in mines in Glamorgan from 1920, each year, to 1931, also the average wages paid per person for the same period?

As the reply involves a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate such information as I have in the OFFICIAL REPORT. I regret that particulars of wages paid in Glamorgan are not available, but I will give figures for South Wales and Monmouth as a whole.

Can the hon. Gentleman give the answer to the question on the Paper—whether the average is up or down?

The figures vary, and it is difficult to give an average, but, taking the output of coal per person employed in the mines in Glamorgan in 1930, the tonnage was 260, and the average annual cash earnings in that district in that year was £117.

Following is the reply:

NOTE.—The particulars of earnings for the years 1927–30 relate to the years ended 31st January, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931. The years 1921 and 1926 have been omitted as they were affected by prolonged national disputes.

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of collieries closed down in Glamorgan from 1920 to the last available date in 1931, giving each year separately; the number of men affected; and the number of men employed each year from 1920 to 1931?

As the reply involves a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Has not the deplorable situation in the coal industry in South Wales been caused by the excessive dumping of steel?

Following is the reply: