OIL EXTRACTION. (Hansard, 22 February 1938)

HC Deb 22 February 1938 vol 332 c161 161

§ 7. Mr. Batey
asked the Secretary for Mines what further steps his Department propose to take on the Falmouth Committee's report on the extraction of oil from coal?

§ Captain Crookshank
My Department is being consulted in the consideration of the recommendations of the committee.

§ Mr. Batey
Does that mean that the Department is not proposing to do anything? Is it going to take any action?

§ Captain Crookshank
The hon. Gentleman may forget that this was a committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence. My Department is only one of those concerned in this matter.