HC Deb 18 July 1955 vol 544 cc29-30
62. Miss Lee

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power to what percentage of coal distributing agencies his powers of bringing agencies under national ownership apply.

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd

None, Sir.

Miss Lee

In that case, will the Minister take steps to take over either the whole of the distribution system or part of it in order to answer the suspicions—many of them, I believe, justified—that there is too big a gap between the price of coal at the pithead and the price of coal to the customer?

Mr. Lloyd

No, Sir.

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