57. Mr. David Adamsasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will give details as to the International Coke Agreement and the names of the countries involved in the same?
§ Captain CrookshankI am unable to give details of the agreement, which is a business arrangement between the industrialists concerned. I understand that the agreement is being made between the producers in Great Britain, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Poland.
Mr. AdamsSurely a matter of this momentous importance to the coal-hearing districts ought to be public property, and will the Minister endeavour to obtain the information?
§ Captain CrookshankA certain amount of information has already appeared in the Press. I am not one of the parties to the agreement, which is a purely business arrangement.