§ 15. Mr. E. Smithasked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been drawn to collieries having to retard production owing to a shortage of wagons; and will steps be taken to obviate this?
§ Captain CrookshankI have only had one such case recently brought to my notice and, while neither I nor my right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport have statutory powers to deal with the matter, I am inquiring whether there is any action I can usefully take.
§ Mr. James GriffithsIs it not now time for the Government to take the matter in hand, seeing that it is quite 20 years since the Sankey Commission recommended that wagons should be pooled?