§ Mr. Geoffrey Lloydasked the Minister of Power whether he is satisfied that the present rate of redeployment from the coal industry is consistent with the estimated size of the coal industry in 1975 assumed for the purposes of the current over-all fuel policy; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MasonYes. At the present time we are in a transitional period when many men must be replaced by machines, and production has to be concentrated on the best pits, if the industry is to have the best chance of competing successfully in the 1970s.