HC Deb 15 November 1927 vol 210 c822
44. Mr. H. WILLIAMS

asked the Secretary for Mines if he can state approximately the amount of coal used during the first nine months of this year in the production of iron and steel?

Colonel LANE FOX

The amount of coal used at iron and steel works during the first nine months of 1927 was approximately 18¼ million tons (including the coal equivalent of coke).