asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will arrange to publish once a week the daily production of coal in the British zone of Germany and the amount of coal retained in the zone.

Full information on coal production and distribution in the British zone is already made available in the Monthly Report of the Control Commission for Germany (British Element), copies of which can be obtained from His Majesty's Stationery Office. I am considering the possibility of arranging for figures for the daily production to be made public at weekly intervals.