Mr William Foster

Former MP for Wigan

Recent appearances

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry: Trade Union Dues (Collection) 1 May 1947

    Is my right hon. Friend not aware that in these cases where trade union contributions are deducted through the colliery office, the miners themselves pay a percentage out of the contributions for the services rendered?
  • Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry: Disabled Ex-Miners 1 May 1947

    asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will discuss with the National Coal Board the employment in the mining industry of unemployed exminers suffering from some slight physical disability, but fit and capable of performing useful work underground or on the surface, submitted by respective local employment exchanges for notified vacancies.
  • Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry: Disabled Ex-Miners 1 May 1947

    Is my right hon. Friend aware that there are thousands of ex- miners suffering from slight disability who are signing on at the employment exchange and who, in some cases, have been submitted to the local collieries for employment and have been rejected on medical grounds?

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