§ Mr. Sharpasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give details of the third coal production incentive scheme introduced in the British zone in Germany; and to what extent it is achieving results.
Mr. McNeilUnder the third coal production incentive scheme individual production targets are fixed for each mine and total a daily production of 320,000 tons for the whole coal field. When a mine has maintained its target figure for four consecutive weeks, the miners will each receive a free packet containing food, tea, coffee, cigarettes and tobacco. In addition, each miner is to be given 100 cigarettes as soon as the total production reaches 300,000 tons a day. Since the introduction of the scheme on 5th January production has risen steadily from 240,000 to over 260,000 tons a day.