§ Mr. DAGGARasked the President of the Board of Trade whether any estimate has been formed of the quantity of crude oil imported for purposes for which coal may be used and the tonnage of coal displaced by oil produced abroad; and what duty is charged upon such oil on importation?
§ Dr. BURGIN:As regards the first part of the question, the Secretary for Mines during the Debate in this House on the Mines Department Vote on 3rd May last examined in more detail than is possible in reply to a question the extent to which coal has been displaced by oil, and I would refer the hon. Member to that statement. As regards the second part of the question, the only imported petroleum products which actually pay a duty are motor spirit and certain other light hydrocarbon oils.