HC Deb 17 December 1973 vol 866 c238W
34. Mr. Varley

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many days' stocks there are, respectively, of oil and coal in the United Kingdom at the latest convenient date.

Mr. Tom Boardman

Latest reports indicate that, as a result of the measures which we have taken to conserve fuels and the economies which motorists and other consumers have effected, oil company stocks are continuing to hold up well. There has been a greater than seasonal fall in coal stocks over the last few weeks.

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