HC Deb 19 July 1955 vol 544 c33W
Mr. Robson Brown

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many extra miners al present rate of production he estimates would be required to make available an extra 10 million tons of coal per annum.

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd

About 35,000, assuming the men could be made available at the collieries where they are needed and that productive capacity at those collieries could be increased to the necessary extent.