HC Deb 11 November 1926 vol 199 cc1234-5
67. Mr. HARDIE

asked the Secretary for Mines what the average screenings of foreign coal have been per ton screened?

Viscount CURZON

I have been asked to reply. My right hon. and gallant Friend regrets that he has no information on this subject.

Mr. HARDIE

The last time I put this question to the Secretary for Mines he said he thought it was about 50 per cent., and he promised to get an answer. Cannot I have the answer now, seeing that I have waited a long time?

Mr. SPEAKER

The hon. Member had better put it on the Paper again.

68. Sir W. LANE MITCHELL

asked the Secretary for Mines if he will arrange for all imported coals to go to public authorities, gas, electricity, and railway companies, and confine home-produced coals to domestic use at a fixed price?

Viscount CURZON

I have been asked to reply. My right hon. and gallant Friend will carefully consider my hon. Friend's suggestion, but he sees great practical difficulties in its application