§ 58. Mr. LUNN(for Mr. LAWSON) asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the French Government have decided that all coal exported from northern ports in Britain to France must be carried in French ships; and whether he has any statement to make on the matter?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAMy attention has been drawn to a statement recently made in the French Chamber of Deputies by the Minister for Public Works and the Mercantile Marine, which appears to relate to the importation of coal for the French State railways, but I am not aware of any decision of the French Government such as that suggested by the hon. Member, and I am having inquiries made.