HC Deb 28 January 1930 vol 234 cc871-2W
Mr. NAYLOR

asked the Secretary for Mines the amount of the increase in the retail price of coal per ton between August, 1929, and the latest convenient date in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glagow, and Bristol?

Mr. TURNER

I am informed that on 27th January the increases in the retail prices of the more popular brands of house coal since the beginning of August, 1929, were 4s. in London; 3s. in Birmingham; 2s. 6d. in Manchester and Glasgow; and 3s. 6d. in Bristol.