HC Deb 07 November 1916 vol 87 c84W
Sir H. DALZIEL

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that in the Kilsyth district of Fife a great number of beings are full of coal, the miners being unable to get their coal taken away; whether if the coal companies were compelled to supply additional hutches, wagons, and other plant the output of coal could be increased considerably; whether the Pannie pit belonging to the Fife Coal Company had two idle days within the fortnight ending 25th October for the want of wagons; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

I understand that there has occasionally been difficulty in dispatching the output from some pits in Stirlingshire in the Kilsyth district, and I will communicate with the railway company on the subject. No time appears to have been lost at the Pannie pit in the fortnight named.