HC Deb 26 February 1946 vol 419 c373W
Mr. Peter Freeman

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the proportions of the total coal output cut by machinery and carried by mechanical conveyors at the latest known date.

Mr. Shinwell

The latest year for which figures are available is 1944, when 72 per cent. of the total output of coal was cut by machinery and 69 per cent, was conveyed by machinery.