§ Sir R. Glynasked the Minister of Fuel and Power how do the average figures of output of hard coal in the British zone of occupation in Germany for January, 1947, of hewers 2.33, all underground workers 1.24, and overall workers, excluding office staffs, of o.96, raising a total daily tonnage of 217,158 tons gross clean stein-kohle by 89,419 hewers, compare with similar average figures in the Durham coalfield.
§ Mr. ShinwellOwing to the great geological and other differences between the mines in Durham and those in the Ruhr any comparison would be quite misleading. Moreover, differences in classification render impracticable any comparison between the output per man-shift of German hewers and that of British face workers.