§ 3. Sir Douglas Thomsonasked the Secretary for Mines the approximate annual consumption of coal used by the fleet of herring drifters working from the United Kingdom?
§ Captain CrookshankI am advised that the Herring Industry Board estimate that herring drifters working from the United Kingdom use approximately 150,000 tons of coal per annum.
§ Sir D. ThomsonHas my hon. and gallant Friend considered the statement recently issued by the Government that they were going to give a subsidy for 1387 herring drifters driven by motor power, and will not that be very serious to the coal industry?