§ 9. Mr. GILBERTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he proposes to issue any short form of the new-Coal and Lighting Order that can be easily understood by the consumer; and, if so, will he arrange that copies can be supplied either at post offices or local town halls so that consumers can obtain 897 them easily and at once, and so realise the necessity for reducing immediately coal and lighting consumption?
Sir A. STANLEYA short and concise form of the Household Fuel and Lighting Order, 1918, for the benefit of consumers and embodying the chief points of the Order in which consumers are interested has already been printed, and is being circulated to coal merchants and gas and electricity undertakings throughout the country at the present time. Inasmuch as consumers will have to approach these three sources of fuel and lighting supply for their application and requisition forms, it was decided that this was the best method of distributing the notice to consumers. I will consider whether any additional arrangements can be made on the lines suggested by my hon. Friend.