§ 117 Mr. Pentlandasked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been drawn to a statement issued on the 3rd December, 1958, by the National Coal Board, stating the number of coal mines in the British coalfields that are expected to close down in the very near future and including in such closures Ouston E. Pit in the Birtley, County Durham, area; and what immediate action he proposes to take to bring further industry to the Birtley industrialised location.
— Bankruptcies Deeds of Arrangement Compulsory Liquidations Creditors Voluntary Liquidations 1957 1958 1957 1958 1957 1958 1957 1958 June … … 162 216 18 20 22 49 59 84 July … … 186 202 23 22 36 40 60 95 August … … 145 165 16 22 1 1 71 79 September … … 144 186 20 21 5 2 57 76 October … … 161 200 28 17 52 77 72 66 November … … 223 185 31 23 37 35 55 80 1,021 1,154 136 125 153 204 374 480