Marine Search and Rescue

HC Deb 15 January 1971 vol 809 c155W

Mr. Prescott

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if a report of the inter-departmental review of the search and rescue organisations for marine purposes in the United Kingdom will be available, and when.

Mr. Anthony Grant

The Report of the Committee to review the Marine Search and Rescue Organisation of the United Kingdom was published in April last year. A copy is available in the Library.

1970
Month	Total Saleable Output	Change on previous month	Exports	Imports	Pits Closed
	Volums tons	Value £'000	Volume tons	Value £'000
	'000 tons
January	…	10,750	-3,393	278,394	1,371	104	2	1
February	…	12,603	+1,853	294,040	1,543	996	8	—
March	…	15,422	+2,819	378,527	2,009	1,101	11	4
April	…	11,612	-3,810	269,836	1,503	245	6	2
May	…	12,300	+688	283,594	1,378	1,393	10	1
June	…	13,471	-1,171	325,345	1,719	253	9	—
July	…	…	10,324	-3,147	287,560	1,494	219	3	—
August	…	8,245	-2,079	132,406	730	92	2	1
September	…	13,272	+5,027	320,124	1,692	623	19	1
October	…	11,629	-1,643	315,693	1,645	579	22	—
November	…	9,012	-2,617	211,067	1,208	343	11	—
December	…	13,648	+4,636	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	—
Total	…	142,288	—	3,096,586	16,292	5,948	103	10
Notes:
(1) "Total saleable output" includes N.C.B. deep-mined, opencast and licensed mines output.
(2) The total saleable output for March includes end of year adjustments.

During the last six months, the N.C.B., whose responsibility it is, has taken all possible action to bring about an improvement in these figures but unofficial strikes and disappointing productivity have adversely affected production.

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will give an estimate of the total costs of closing pits and opencast mining for any convenient stated period of time, and the actual or estimated loss of coal production; and to what extent the decision to re-start opencast mining will change the situation regarding output and cost of coal.

Mr. Anthony Grant

The output of all colleries closed since 1947 (in their last full year of operation) if added together