§ Mr. HERRIOTTSasked the Secretary for Mines the average price of coal at the pit-head for the years 1929 and 1930, respectively, and also the price for the quarter ended the 31st March, 1931?
§ Mr. SHINWELLThe average pithead proceeds per ton disposable commercially in 1929 was 13s. 11d. and in 1930, approximately 14s. 1d. I regret that later information is not yet available.
§ Mr. HERRIOTTSWhat is the reason for the information not being available, seeing that when I put down a question some time ago, I was informed that the information would be available soon?
§ Mr. SHINWELLThe information is collected quarterly, and it is not available for the last quarter.
§ Mr. HERRIOTTSHas the retail price of coal throughout England been raised during the last thee months?
§ Mr. SHINWELLI should require notice of that question.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALLSurely the hon. Gentleman can reply to that question, seeing it is a well-known fact that there has been an increase in price?
§ Mr. SHINWELLSpeaking off-hand, I think that there has been a reduction.