§ 16. Mr. Higgsasked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of coal utilised in making one ton of steel in this country and in America.
§ The Joint Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Supply (Mr. Peat)I have been asked to reply. The amount of coal required, on the average, to produce a ton of heavy steel is about 2 tons in Great Britain and 1½ tons in the United States, the difference being mainly due to the higher grade ore available in the United States.