§ Mr. Lewisasked the Paymaster-General whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the total steel production at the latest convenient stated date; how this compares with twelve months ago; and to what extent the steel industry is working under full capacity.
§ Sir I. Horobin14,775,000 ingot tons of steel was produced in the first 9 months of 1958 compared with 16,202,000 tons in the first 9 months of 1957. It is estimated that in September crude steel production was running at about 75 per cent. of full capacity.