§ 81. Mr. Nabarroasked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he will state the output, in tons, from the Wankie coalfield during a period of 12 months ended on the latest convenient date; the countries to which the coal was distributed; how much was received as imports by the United Kingdom; and whether he can state any impediments to further expansion of coal production and exports from Wankie.
§ Mr. FosterIt would not be proper for me to answer questions about present and future output at Wankie or about the distribution of the coal mined there. Southern Rhodesia is a self-governing Colony and such matters are the concern of a Minister responsible to the Southern Rhodesian Legislature. No coal from Wankie was imported by the United Kingdom in 1951.