-2- price of coal. It has therefore all the time been necessary to balance the advantage of restricting the in###rease in the price of coal against the risk that production might continue to fall. There has accordingly been a lag between increases in coal price and increases in costs of production. The result of this policy has been that the total accumulat### debt at 31st December, 1944, amounted to £253/4% million. This is equivalent to 3/3d. per ton on an annual supply tonnage of 160 million tons.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/20/66
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 71/20
- Former Department Reference
- LP(45) 64
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000020.066
- Keywords
- Coal Coke Debt Fuel Price Controls Prices
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Lord President's Committee Ministry of Fuel and Power
- Pages
- 3
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Series
- Papers 1(45) - 107(45)
- Themes
- Industry Infrastructure Rationing Supply Manufacturing Materials Fuel Utilities Licensing Price Control
