§ 101. Mr. LANE-FOXasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the remunerative export trade in coal has been limited by the Coal Controller almost entirely to the collieries of Northumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Cumberland, and South Wales, leaving the now far less remunerative home trade to the collieries of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the Midlands; and how the inequality in profit is to be adjusted in fairness to the collieries of the West Riding and the Midlands?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe export trade in coal is restricted almost entirely to the South Wales, Durham, Northumberland, and Scottish coalfields, though a small quantity of slack is released for export from Yorkshire. As regards the last part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the provisions of the Coal Industry (Emergency) Bill.