§ Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the Secretary for Mines if, taking the price of best kitchen coal at 46s. a ton, which is now being asked for this commodity 1140W in London, he can state the pit-head price of this coal and the way in which the additions to this cost are made up?
§ Mr. TURNERI am advised that the present pit-head price of best kitchen coal for the London market which is retailed at 46s. a ton is about 22s. The latest information regarding the costs which make up the difference between the pit-head price and the price to the consumer is that given in evidence before the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry (1925), to which I would refer" the hon. Member, particularly Appendix 9 to Volume 3.