HC Deb 10 March 1936 vol 309 c1970W
Sir R. CLARRY

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will specify from the latest available figures the quantity of coal exported under trade agreements and import quotas and the percentage of these quantities to the total comparable exports; whether the balance tonnage and percentage to the total can be regarded as coal which is unrestricted as to price and delivery and subject only to the ordinary commercial trading conditions as between British exporter and foreign buyer; and what are the figures and percentages included in the above relating solely to the South Wales and Monmouthshire coal exporting area?

Captain CROOKSHANK

The answers to the first and third parts of the question are contained in the following table: