Textiles (Coal)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 24 Ebrill 1947.

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Photo of Mr John Belcher Mr John Belcher , Sowerby 12:00, 24 Ebrill 1947

As my hon. Friend will be aware, the basic coal allocation to industry as a whole is now 50 per cent. of winter requirements, and this figure, therefore, applies to both cotton and wool textile industries. Supplements from the regional pools have brought the figure for the cotton industry in Lancashire up to 75 per cent., and in Yorkshire the following sections of the wool textile industry up to the same level: wool combers, worsted spinners, dyers and finishers, and carbonisers and scourers.