§ 42. Mr. WATTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received a communication from the Scottish coal exporters showing the necessity of postponing until June the proposed Order to prohibit export of coal except under licence; and, if so, will he explain his attitude on this proposal?
Mr. RUNCIMANI received a request from the Scottish Coal Exporters' Association for the postponement of the date on which the Order in Council prohibiting the export of coal came into force, but I did not see my way to accede to it. The whole question was very fully considered in all its bearings, and a week's notice of the prohibition was given. A strong Committee has been established to deal with applications for licences to export to prohibited destinations.