HC Deb 28 March 1983 vol 40 c21W
27. Mr. Tony Speller

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many tonnes of new capacity have come on stream in the coal industry since 1974.

Mr. John Moore

I am informed by the National Coal Board that as at September 1982, 16.5 million tonnes of new capacity envisaged in the original plan for coal of 1974 had been completed, and a further 26.3 million tonnes was under construction.