§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if the Post Office Savings Bank still continues to invite its depositors to invest their savings in Consols, notwithstanding the fact that such investments now show a loss of some £30 per £100, compared with ten years ago, under the administration of Robert, third Marquess of Salisbury; and if he will consider the desirability of poor persons being warned of the condition of the national credit before their money is accepted.
§ (Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.):The exports of coal from the United Kingdom are classified into exports of anthracite, steam coal, gas coal, household coal, and other sorts.
§ (Answered by Mr. Asquith.) I cannot add anything to the replies which I gave to the hon. and gallant Member on this subject on the 12th of November last, and that which I have just given to my hon. friend the Member for North Lambeth, †