HC Deb 12 December 1946 vol 431 cc266-7W
90. Mrs. Mann

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the total annual value of coal output in Scotland and its relationship to that of England.

Mr. Shinwell

The total selling value at mines of coal produced in Scotland in 1945 amounted to £38,000,000. which was 14 per cent. of the corresponding figure for England and Wales, or 17 per cent. for England only.