§ 52. Captain CROOKSHANKasked the President of the Board of Trade if he now has any further statement to make regarding the production of oil from British coal with a view to reducing unemployment in this country?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Shinwell)I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply which I gave on the 27th April to a similar question by my hon. Friend the Member for Spennymoor (Mr. Batey).
§ Rear-Admiral BEAMISHWill the hon. Gentleman convey to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer the necessity for exempting the product of British coal from the taxation on petrol?
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYIt is exempted.