perational equirements Previous Reference: L.P.(44) 32nd Meeting, Minute 3) 1. The Committee considered a memorandum by the Minister of Fuel and Power (L.P.(44) 195). THE MINISTER OF FUEL AND POWER said that, following the discussion which had taken place in the Committee on the 23rd June in regard to the coal budget for 1944/ 1945, the London Coal Committee of the Combined Production and Resources Board had been informed that in the present coal year (May, 1944 to April, 1945) the United Kingdom's exportable surplus, over and above programmed exports, was estimated at a global figure of 4.