§ Mr. Lewisasked the Paymaster-General whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the rise and fall in coal and fuel production for each of the months from January, 1951, until December, 1951, compared with January, 1958, until the latest convenient monthly stated date, using as the basis, January, 1951, being equal to 100.
§ Sir I. HorobinThe following are the figures for coal:
INDEX OF COAL PRODUCTION (JANUARY, 1951=100) — 1951 1958 January … … 100 102 February … … 107 109 March … … 101 108 April … … 109 101 May … … 100 105 June … … 102 96 July … … 94 88 August … … 82 70 September … … 105 98 October … … 107 103 November … … 108 105 December … … 101 — Indices of total production of indigenous primary fuels would differ only fractionally from those of coal.