HC Deb 25 June 1925 vol 185 c1725
78. Mr. FORREST

asked the Secretary for Mines the latest estimate of the stock of coal now available at the pitheads in France, Belgium, Germany, and Great Britain, respectively?

Colonel LANE-FOX

At the end of April, 1,781,660 (metric) tons of coal were held in stock at Belgian collieries, and it has been estimated that at the end of May between nine and 10 million (metric) tons were held in stock by collieries in the Ruhr. I regret that I have not similar information for Great Britain and France.