HC Deb 25 March 1981 vol 1 cc345-6W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what he estimates would be the subsidy required to enable an additional 1 million tonnes of British coal to be exported.

There can moreover be a wide range of prices within countries and differences in the methods of collecting the data may not always provide comparable figures.

United States currencies have been converted at exchange rates current on or about the date of the price estimates.

Mr. John Moore

It is part of the NCB's normal commercial responsibilities to decide how much and what type of coal to export and on what terms.