§ 62. Mr. S. Shephardasked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will issue weekly a statement showing in detail the disposal of the weekly production of deep-mined and opencast coal.
§ Mr. GaitskellThe disposal of the production of deep-mined and opencast coal is already shown by the detailed figures of consumption and stocks, based on returns from consumers, which are published monthly in my Department's Press Report and in the Monthly Digest of Statistics. My hon. Friend is, however, considering whether weekly figures can be published but because of the substantial, and often misleading, fluctuations to which weekly figures of this kind are subject, their publication each week might not be desirable.