§ Mr. Nabarroasked the Minister of Fuel and Power the present aggregate annual rate of coal consumption at the power houses of the British Electricity Authority; the estimated amount by which consumption, during 1952, will exceed earlier years; and whether he will state the annual aggregate increase in coal consumption at the British Electricity Authority's power-houses during each year to 1960, in consonance with the planned expansion of electric power generation, set out in the schedule of such power-generation expansion recently submitted by him to the hon. Member for Kidderminster.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydCoal consumption by the British Electricity Authority power stations amounted in 1951 to 34 million tons and this year is expected to amount to between 34 and 35 million tons. In view of the uncertainties regarding the future course both of demand and of power station construction I am not prepared to make forecasts of coal consumption for future years.