§ Major Peter Robertsasked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much of the capital outlay on machinery for opencast coal-mining has been expended through purchases or loans from abroad, and how much of this has been in dollar currency.
§ Mr. ShinwellAll the machinery obtained from abroad for opencast coal mining has been purchased in the U.S.A. Apart from supplies received under Lend-Lease, orders for machinery so far placed by the Ministry amount to approximately £200,000.