§ 36. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the President of the Board of Trade how the percentage change in the output of coal in the latest quarter for which the figures are available compares with the first corresponding quarter after the quantitative regulation of coal under the Mines Act of 1930 came into operation; and the percentage change over the same period in the output of the manufacturing industries?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Runciman)The output of coal during the September quarter of 1933 was 7.6 per cent. less than in the September quarter of 1931; activity in manufacturing industries, as estimated from the particulars furnished to the Board of Trade, was about 11 per cent. greater, comparing the same periods.