§ 71. Mr. BUCHANANasked the Secretary for Mines if his Department have fully investigated what is known as the Turner method of treatment of coal, and what is the result; and if he can give any estimate of the employment of unemployed miners likely to be created by the adoption of this method.
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Cornmodere Douglas King)With regard to the first part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave on 13th November last to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Stirling and Clackmannan (Captain Fanshawe), and the hon. Member for Dundee (Mr. Johnston). There has been no change in the position since that date. The reply to the second part of the question is in the negative.