§ 24. Mr. A. Jenkinsasked the Secretary for Mines whether any action is contemplated by either the Government or the colliery owners to deal with the serious decline in the export of coal from this country due to competition with heavily subsidised foreign coals, and, if so, what?
§ Captain CrookshankI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave on 2rst June to the hon. Member for Llanelly (Mr. J. Griffiths). I am informed that the position of the coal export trade is engaging the serious attention of the coal industry: bat no detailed proposals for dealign with it have yet been put before me.
§ Mr. ManderIs not part of this decline due to the failure of the Government to protect British shipping from attack?