Part of Oral Answers to Questions — African Colonies – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 12 Mawrth 1947.
Is the Minister aware that there is an actual surplus of labour in these coalfields, that workers pay a premium to the widows of deceased miners in order to secure their work at the mine, and will he take additional steps to stimulate increased production of coal and encourage its export to areas further afield than merely West Africa?