§ Mr. Nabarroasked the Minister of Fuel and Power the average number of acres of land under requisition for opencast coal mining operations during the nine months ended 30th September, 1952; and the estimated yield of opencast mining for the year 1952.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydAbout 28,000 acres. A further 20,000 acres, from which the coal had been won, were being farmed under the supervision of the agricultural Departments.
Opencast mining is likely to yield at least 11½ million tons of coal this year.