Captain Pluģģeasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware of the difficulty experienced by old people living in flats on the top floors of buildings in collecting their coal; that as much as 2S. 6d. is demanded in some instances to deliver the coal upstairs; and if he will make arrangements for help to be given to old people in the delivery of their coal.
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Major Lloyd GeorģeI fully appreciate the difficulties referred to by my hon. and gallant Friend. It would, however, be impracticable to devise a special scheme for deliveries of coal to old people, whose needs, in my opinion, are in any case met, so far as is practicable, by the arrangements for deliveries to small consumers about which I made a statement in reply to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster (Mr. E. Walkden) on 25th January. As regards the second part of the Question, the prices which may be charged for coal are regulated by the Retail Coal Prices Order. Any cases of over-charge or of failure of the delivery arrangements referred to should be reported to the Local Fuel Overseer.