Mr. De la Bèreasked the Minister of Fuel and Power how the stocks of coal at pithead and at opencast workings at the end of June this year compared with the stocks at the same date last year.
§ Mr. ShinwellAt the end of June, 1947, stocks of coal at pithead amounted to 1,130,000 tons, and at opencast sites or central stocking grounds to 65,000 tons. The corresponding figures for the same date last year are 1,671,000 tons and 181,000 tons respectively.