HC Deb 27 November 1934 vol 295 cc688-9W
Mr. TINKER

asked the Secretary for Mines the figures for 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933, and the latest figures for 1934, of the export of coal to the Irish Free State; and the figures for the same periods of the export from Lancashire to the Irish Free State?

Mr. E. BROWN

The information is as follows:

Quantity of coal exported to the Irish Free State from the United Kingdom and from ports on the North-West Coast of England:

Period. From the United Kingdom. From Ports on the North West Coast of England.
Years. Tons. Tons.
1929 2,456,122 1,069,979
1930 2,468,214 1,168,286
1931 2,424,699 1,087,458
1932 1,929,803 746,693
1933 1,255,472 513,851
1934 (Jan.—Oct.). 879,506 308,309
Separate particulars for Lancashire Ports are not available.