HC Deb 01 December 1958 vol 596 c94W
59. Mr. Oliver

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give the types and cost of machinery imported into this country from the United States of America for the purpose of opencast coal mining in 1956, 1957, and up to the last available date in 1958.

Mr. Vaughan-Morgan

Machinery intended for opencast mining operations is not separately distinguished in the United Kingdom trade returns and figures of imports from the United States of America are thus not available.