HC Deb 28 June 1948 vol 452 cc185-6W
Lieut.-Commander Hutchison

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power to state the difference, expressed as a percentage of the total output, between the amount of coal raised for which payment is made to the coalface workers and the amount of coal, including colliery boiler fuel,

employed at mines under the Coal Mines Act, 1911 were as follows:

actually sold to consumers during the year 1947.

Mr. Gaitskell

The difference between the output of deep-mined coal raised and weighed (which in most cases is the basis for payment to coalface workers) and the quantity sold (including colliery consumption and miners' free coal) represented six per cent. of the total raised and weighed in the year 1947.