§ 34. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Health whether the small municipalities who buy 19 Government coal during the present emergency will be permitted to distribute it?
The SECRETARY for MINES Colonel Lane Fox)I have been asked to reply. Yes, Sir, where this cannot be done satisfactorily through the ordinary trade channels.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYWho is to judge whether it can he done satisfactorily?
§ Colonel LANE FOXThe Minister of Health will leave it to the local authority.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYIs this the position, that the Minister of Health is to tell the Secretary for Mines whether they will be able to distribute the coal they buy from the Secretary for Mines?
§ Colonel LANE FOXindicated dissent.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYThen it is most unsatisfactory.