§ SIR GEORGE NEWNES (Swansea Town)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will lay at an early date upon the Table of the House the evidence before the Royal Commission on our Coal Supplies, so far as it relates to the coal tax.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe Coal Commission has already published one volume of Evidence, and another volume, I understand, is in the hands of the printer for press. It will therefore appear shortly. I am informed that it is expected that the final volume of Evidence and the 'Report will be published this year; and that the evidence concerning the coal tax, together with the conclusions respecting it arrived at by the Commission, will appear in these final volumes.