HC Deb 07 July 1931 vol 254 cc1915-6
76. Mr. LOUIS SMITH

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any potash has yet been produced and delivered by the company operating the Dead Sea concession which was given to Mr. Moses Novamesky?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Dr. Drummond Shiels)

I dealt with this point yesterday in the course of a reply which I gave to a question by the hon. and gallant Member for Chelmsford (Colonel Howard-Bury), to which I would refer the hon. Member.

Colonel HOWARD-BURY

Can the Under-Secretary get hold of these figures? He says that he is not certain of them.

Dr. SHIELS

Does the hon. and gallant Member mean the number of workers?

Colonel HOWARD-BURY

No, the amount of potash produced.

Dr. SHIELS

We have no information concerning that. We may get it later on, but at the present moment we have no information.