§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy how much coking coal is produced by opencast mining; and what percentage of total coal reserves available for opencast mining contains good coking coal.
Country of origin Quota Licences issued(4) 1977 Romania(1) 525,000 pairs 143,880 Czechoslovakia(2) £92,700 £4,030 German Democratic Republic(2) £15,450 £15,000 Hungary(2) £87,550 £87,550 Poland(2) £103,000 £103,000 1978 Korea(1) 6,060,000 pairs 5,957,000 pairs Hong Kong(1) 673,000 pairs 584,000 pairs Romania(1) 551,000 pairs 384,000 pairs Romania(3) 25,000 pairs Nil Yugoslavia(1) 59,000 pairs Nil Taiwan(1) 3,470,000 pairs 3,470,000 pairs German Democratic Republic(1) 61,600 pairs Nil Hungary(2) £87,550 £6,618 Poland(2) £103,000 Nil Czechoslovakia(2) £92,700 £3,641 Notes:
- (1) Stockings, under stockings, socks, ankle-socks, sockettes and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberised: other than women's stockings of synthetic textile fibres.
- (2) As note (1) but including women's stockings of synthetic textile fibre and with the addition of woven socks.
- (3) Women's stockings of synthetic textile fibres.
- (4) 1978 figures are for licences issued up to 8 March 1979. Further licences may be issued within the quota limits for goods arriving before 31 March 1979 which were shipped before 1 January 1979.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will make a statement on the operation of the multi-fibre arrangement so far as it affects the hosiery and knitwear trade; what steps are taken to prevent evasion of quotas or bunching of imports at one
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§ Mr. EadieI am informed by the National Coal Board that, in 1977–78 1.9 million tonnes of coking coal were produced by opencast mining; and that coking coal represents some 8 per cent. of total reserves available for opencast mining.