§ 21. Mr. Nealasked the Paymaster-General what plans he has made to arrest the declining demand for coal during 1959.
§ Sir I. HorobinThe Government have already announced a number of measures to increase industrial activity and these should result in increasing demands for coal.
§ Mr. NealCan the hon. Gentleman be a little more specific? Do we gather from what he has said that the Government intend to give no priority to the use of coal but intend to encourage the use of other forms of energy?
§ Sir I. HorobinI do not think that I can embark on a statement of general fuel policy in an answer to a supplementary question.