HC Deb 16 March 1972 vol 833 c183W
Mr. Woof

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has yet made an estimate of the total value of production lost due to the recent stoppage of the coal mining industry.

Mr. Ridley

The appropriate statistics will not be available for some time yet, and it must be remembered that production losses due to the strike may be partly recouped in later months.