§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the national expenditure on coal research; and what proportion of this is spent on research into uses of coal other than as a fuel.
§ Mr. EmeryThe national expenditure on research and development on the production and utilisation of coal for the current financial year is approximately £5¼ million. To try to obtain further uses of coal, about £750,000 of this amount is being spent on research into the use of coal in new processes or by-products of carbonisation.