§ 19. Major AINSW0RTHasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department he has any figures showing how many foreign contracts for 2608 British coal, and the tonnage, have been lost to this country through the coal stoppage?
§ The SECRETARY to the OVERSEAS TRADE DEPARTMENT (Mr. A. M. Samuel)I have no figures available that would give my hon. Friend a full or reliable reply, but I have no doubt whatever from the fragmentary information at my disposal, that we have lost many foreign orders for coal owing to the present dispute.