§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the cost of production of steel—in major type categories—per tonne per British Steel Corporation plant as compared with European and Japanese competitors.
§ Mr. KaufmanInformation on cost of production is not available. A paper 31W prepared by the British Steel Corporation on comparative labour productivity was placed in the Library of the House last month. This paper gives some broad international comparisons of man-hours per tonne of steel produced.