§ 30. Sir G. Foxasked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will give figures showing by districts the approximate amounts of free coal issued annually to miners individually and collectively; and to what extent there has been any reduction in such distribution during the years of rationing.
§ Mr. ShinwellI am sending the hon. Member the detailed figures asked for. As regard's the second part of the Question, the total consumption of miners' free and, concessionary coal between 1942 and 1945 fell from 4.7 to 4.6 million tons.