Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry. – in the House of Commons am ar 24 Gorffennaf 1935.
Mr John Colville
, Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern
I have been asked to reply. At 31st March, 1931, the number of pits in Lancashire and Cheshire producing coal was 205, and the number of wage-earners on colliery books was 71,800. The corresponding figures for 31st March, 1935, were 178 and 60,800.
