§ Mr. McKayasked the Paymaster-General whether he is aware that in deep coalmining the output per man shift has increased by seven per cent. for the twenty-two weeks this year, thus raising the yearly output, other things being equal, from 288 tons per man per year to 308 tons per year; and, at the present rate of output, how many miners will it take to produce 1,000,000 tons, working for a full year.
§ Sir I. HorobinAlthough output pet man shift has increased shifts worked have been reduced through the ending of Saturday working. The 1959 output per man year is therefore unlikely to be as high as 308 tons. About 3,400 miners are now required on average to produce a million tons in a year.