§ Mr. DONALDasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping if a steamer has been kept lying at Garston for several days, waiting to be laden with coal for the Co-operative Society, Belfast; and whether, seeing that poor people have not had any coals for domestic purposes in Belfast for weeks, he will say what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
Colonel WILSONIf the hon. Member will give the name of the steamer, enquiries will be made, but I am bound to remind him that there is a strike at Belfast, and it may be that the owner is unwilling to send the steamer there without some guarantee from the receivers at Belfast that the vessel can be discharged.