§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether at the close of the coal stoppage he will investigate the approximate loss to the community as a whole, and to sections of the public individually, entailed by this industrial trouble and its consequences; and whether he will publish his findings for the information of the nation and the promotion of a better understanding of the cost of these conflicts?
§ Mr. BALDWINI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which my predecessor gave to the hon. and gallant Member for Henley (Captain Terrell) on 13th December, a copy of which I am sending him. The considerations stated in that answer apply with at least equal force at the present time.