§ 29. Mr. GINNELLasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the increasing price of coal, there is any other reason but the influence of the coal trade for not developing and using the cheaper and, for many purposes, superior fuel obtainable from bogs; and whether the Board will at once give consideration to this latent source?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Birrell)I can assure the hon. Member that the coal trade has no influence over the Government, but I have nothing to add to the replies I gave on the 9th instant, in which I dealt fully with the considerations which arise in regard to the development of the peat industry in Ireland, and with the efforts which are being made to encourage it.