§ Mr. Skeetasked the Minister for Energy what is the average retail price 291W of a ton of coal to domestic consumers in the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Belgium and the United Kingdom, respectively.
§ Mr. EmeryThe following figures have been taken from the latest published ILO statistics and relate to October 1972; grade and qualities are not denned and are not necessarily comparable.
Coal for domestic use £ per tonne Germany 20 France 28–34 Belgium 29–32 United Kingdom 19 Source: International Labour Office. Bulletin of Labour Statistics, 2nd quarter 1973. Typical retail prices of Group C house coal in the United Kingdom vary from £14.50 to £23.00 a ton, depending on the location of the consumer. Very little bituminous coal of comparable quality is sold in Europe for domestic purposes.
§ Mr. Skeetasked the Minister for Energy what is the average price per ton paid by the steel industry for coking coal in the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy and the United Kingdom, respectively.
§ Mr. EmeryPrices paid for fuel by the British Steel Corporation are matters of commercial confidence between the corporation and its suppliers. Similarly, I have no knowledge of prices paid for coking coal by the privately-owned sector of the United Kingdom steel industry.
The latest published information from EEC sources shows the following figures:
Coking fines—list prices October 1972 $ per tonne Germany 29–31 France 27 Belgium 25 Source: Statistical Office of the European Communities Energy Statistics Yearbook 1972.