HC Deb 07 April 1927 vol 204 cc2298-300W
Mr. LAWSON

asked the President of the Board of Education the districts from which coal has been drawn for the experimental work of the Fuel Research Board?

Lord E. PERCY

Coal for the experimental work of the Fuel Research Board has been drawn from the following coal- fields in Great Britain: Northumberland and Durham, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, North Staffordshire, South Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, South Wales, Kent, Lanarkshire, Stirling, and Linlithgow. Arrangements are being made for a test on some Somerset coal to be carried out shortly.