HC Deb 07 May 1923 vol 163 c1951W
Mr. D. SOMERVILLE

asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the private efforts now being made to discover a safe and efficient type of electrical-storage battery locomotive for use in coal mines; and whether the Ministry is taking any official action in the same desirable direction?

Lieut.-Colonel LANE-FOX

I would refer my hon. Friend to the latter part of the answer which I gave on the 1st May to a question by my hon. and learned Friend the Member for York (Sir J. Butcher).

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