§ Sir HENRY HARRISasked the President of the Board of Trade whether occupiers of houses or flats can be allowed to have a supply of gas for cooking and heating purposes in addition to that which they are at present allowed, provided it is taken in lieu of the coal to which they are entitled?
Sir A. STANLEYThe reduced supplies of coal available for gas undertakings make it inevitable that their output should be correspondingly reduced. I am, however, considering the question whether the new scheme of coal rationing which will shortly be brought into operation cannot be so framed as to take gas consumption into account where consumers use gas for cooking and heating. I may be enabled in this way to meet to some extent the cases to which my hon. Friend refers.