§ Mr. JAMES BROWNasked the Secretary for Mines what were the profits or the losses from the mines of the Country to the Government during the period of State control?
§ Lieut.-Colonel LANE-FOXThe net cost to the State of the statutory control of coal mines is estimated to be not less than £34,250,000 apart from the Mining Industry Subvention, costing £7,100,000, or a total of £41,350,000.