§ Mr. G. MACDONALDasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the output per man per shift in the coal-mining industry in Great Britain for each of the last ten years, including 1936, giving separate figures for Lancashire and Cheshire?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKThe information is as follows:
Year Output of Coal per man-shift worked Great Britain. Lancashire and Cheshire. Cwts. Cwts. 1927 20.61 16.69 1928 21.29 17.02 1929 21.69 17.42 1930 21.62 17.32 1931 21.61 17.12 1932 21.99 17.60 1933 22.47 18.08 1934 22.94 18.67 1935 23.35 19.08 1936 (January to September) 23.46 19.35