§ 72. Mr. R. McNEILLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the estimate that the loss occasioned by the strike of coal miners in South Wales amounts to not less than one million and a-half sterling may be taken as approximately accurate?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe reduction in the output of coal consequent on the stoppage of work for a week in the South Wales coalfield may be roughly estimated at a million tons. The consequent loss in wages may be estimated at about £450,000, but there is no sufficient material on which to estimate other losses.