HC Deb 28 June 1927 vol 208 cc190-1
15. Sir J. POWER

asked the Secretary for Mines how the output of coal per man-shift during the March quarter of this year compares with that during the corresponding period last year?

The SECRETARY for MINES (Colonel Lane Fox)

From the information at present available it appears that the output of coal per man-shift worked was nearly 15 per cent. higher during the March quarter of this year than during the corresponding quarter of 1926.