Disabled Ex-Miners

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 May 1947.

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Photo of Mr William Foster Mr William Foster , Wigan 12:00, 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?