§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what will be the cost to public funds of subsidies to preserve employment and to cover losses incurred as a result of special agreements with the electricity generating board to burn extra coal in Scotland per ton of coal mined in Scotland; and what proportion of the average prices realised for coal produced in Scotland during the latest available calendar year this will represent.
§ Mr. EmeryArrangements for the burning of additional quantities of coal by the South of Scotland Electricity Board have not yet been finalised, and I am not in a position to assess their cost to public funds.