§ 25. Mr. HOLMESasked the President of the Board of Trade whether an Order was issued by the Coal Controller during the Yorkshire coal strike in July last limiting purchases of coal in the Metropolitan area to 2 hundredweight per week?
§ Sir A. GEDDESThe answer is in the affirmative. In this connection I have to apologise to the hon. Member for having unwittingly given him wrong information in a letter which I wrote to him on the 3rd December and for having questioned the accuracy of his statement in the Debate of 28th November. An Order was issued on 22nd July limiting deliveries in the Metropolitan area to 2 cwt. per week and was withdrawn on 28th July. This I had entirely lost sight of. In these circumstances I can only apologise for the mistake which I made and thank the hon. Member for this opportunity of correcting my error.
§ Mr. HOLMESI am obliged to the right hon. Gentleman for that statement.