§ Mr. Varleyasked the Minister of Power if he is aware that if current trends of production in the coal industry are projected to 1970 the industry will only be capable of producing 135 million tons a year; and what steps he is taking to arrest these trends.
§ Mr. MarshShort-term trends are not a satisfactory basis for long-term projections: the manpower losses of the earlier part of the coal year have been greatly reduced and the National Coal Board is expecting a resumption of better rates of growth of productivity.