§ 18. Mr. LUNN (for Mr. PARKINSON)asked the Secretary for Mines the amount and value of coal used in this country for purposes of gas production; the amount and value of the gas produced; and the amount and value of the tar and coke produced in connection therewith?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe answer contains a number of figures, and the hon. Member will perhaps agree to my circulating it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ In the year 1925, 17,031,000 tons of coal were carbonised by authorised gas undertakings in Great Britain. 283,818 million cubic feet of gas were produced, of which 231,348 million cubic feet were coal gas; 11,398,000 tons of coke and breeze were made and 194,168,000 gallons of tar. I am unable to state the value of these products.
§ In addition, 743,000 tons of coal were carbonised and 419,000 tons of coke and breeze made by non-statutory gas undertakings.
§ These figures exclude the production at coke ovens, where 16,394,000 tons of coal were carbonised and 11,009,000 tons of coke made during 1925.