HC Deb 29 October 1953 vol 518 c405W
Mr. Sparks

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how far adequate stocks of coal are available for the domestic consumer this winter; and how they compare with last year.

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd

As I told the House last Monday, house coal stocks should be just under 2 million tons by the beginning of the coal winter. On 1st November last year they amounted to 2.08 million tons.