HC Deb 16 July 1919 vol 118 cc413-4W
Captain BAGLEY

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will furnish an estimate as to the amount that it would be necessary to add to the price of coal in London to cover an economic charge for railway transit and cartage?

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

I am not in a position to supply such an estimate, which must depend on various considerations. The cartage of coal from the stations is not undertaken by the railway companies.