§ Sir T. Mooreasked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many miners were employed at the coal face in August, 1939, as compared with August, 1947; and what 90W were the respective quantities of coal, in tons, produced during each of those months.
§ Mr. GaitskellThere were on the average 290,000 face workers on colliery books during August, 1947. There are no direct statistics for August, 1939, but it has been estimated that on a comparable basis the number was probably 315,000 Output from the mines in August, 1939, and August, 1947, amounted to 15,063,000 and 12,574,000 ton respectively.