§ 15. Mr. DUCKWORTHasked the Secretary for Mines if he will state the average amount which colliery companies throughout the country have added to the price of coal to cover the extra cost incurred by lifting the fuel by hand from the ground stock, indicating the minimum and maximum charges added?
§ Major Sir HARRY BARNSTONI have been asked to reply. The information is not available.
§ 16. Mr. LOUGHERasked the Secretary for Mines whether he has received any complaints of profiteering by colliery companies, not factors, in South Wales; whether colliery companies in the South Wales district have voluntarily fixed maximum prices for different descriptions of coal; and, if so, have they adhered to such prices?
§ Sir H. BARNSTONIt is a fact that colliery companies in South Wales have agreed on maximum prices and, so far as my right hon. Friend knows, these have been adhered to. He has not received any complaints.