§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Minister of Fuel and Power what was the total number of necessitous collieries which had to be subsidised from the Coal Charges Fund for 1943; and what was the total cash subsidy.
§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether the subsidy payable to necessitous colliery undertakings is made on a pit basis or on a company basis.
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Major Lloyd GeorgeAssistance which is afforded through the War Emergency Assistance Scheme for necessitous undertakings is given on the basis of colliery undertakings. Exceptionally there are three pits in respect of which working loss is being borne on the Coal Charges Account in special circumstances.