§ Mr. G. Macdonaldasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the total profits received in the coal industry in Lancashire and Cheshire in 1936, 1937, and for the period in 1938 for which figures are available?
§ Captain CrookshankThe estimated credit balances in the coal-mining industry in Lancashire and Cheshire, which were subject to deductions in respect of items such as interest on debentures or other loans, bank charges, amortisation and taxation, were as follow:
£ 1936 816,000 1937 1,121,000 1938 (January-May) 687,000