§ Mr. Michael Brownasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list in the Official Report the level of coal imports for each month since 1 January.
§ Mr. ParkinsonI have been asked to reply.
The information is as follows:
Thousands tonnes January 1979 159 February 1979 203 March 1979 141 April 1979 281 May 1979 337 June 1979 194 July 1979 371 August 1979 468 September 1979 384 October 1979 616 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics (SITC(Rev 2) Sub-groups 322.1 and.2). NOTE: The effects of industrial action have led to distortions in the pattern of trade recorded in the first eight months of 1979 and the figures for individual months must be interpreted with particular caution.