HC Deb 14 December 1937 vol 330 c957
38. Mr. W. Joseph Stewart

asked the Minister of Labour the amount of coal that is being sterilised under the Team Valley Trading Estate, and the price paid to the owners per ton?

The Minister of Labour (Mr. Ernest Brown)

Information is not readily available as to the amount of coal sterilised under the Team Valley Trading Estate,

World Production of Crude Oil.
Millions of Statute Tons.
Country. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936 (Provisional).
U.S.A. 119.9 119.9 135.8 121.1 114.7 105.9 122.1 122.4 134.4 148.1
Russia 10.0 11.4 13.4 18.6 22.0 21.1 21.1 23.8 24.7 27.0
Venezuela 8.6 15.1 20.2 19.8 17.2 17.1 17.4 19.8 21.6 22.7
Roumania 3.6 4.2 4.8 5.7 6.6 7.2 7.3 8.3 8.3 8.6
Iran 5.1 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 6.4 7.1 7.5 7.5 8.2
Dutch East Indies 3.4 4.2 5.0 5.2 4.4 4.8 5.2 6.0 6.0 6.1
Mexico 9.5 7.1 6.6 5.9 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.6 6.0 5.5
Iraq 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.0 3.7 4.0
Colombia 2.1 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.3 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.6
Peru 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.4 2.4
Argentina 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.2
Other Countries 4.4 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.8 6.0 6.3 7.1
Total 169.3 178.5 203.1 193.8 187.0 178.5 196.4 207.1 225.3 244.5