Mr. WEST RUSSELLasked the Secretary for Mines the amount of financial assistance granted by the Government towards experiments in the use of pulverised coal?
§ Mr. SHINWELLAbout £5,000 has been expended at the Fuel Research Station during the last 18 months on
224Wmittees in able-bodied relief in the counties of Midlothian, including the city of Edinburgh, West Lothian, and Fife, for the year ended 15th May, 1930, giving the amount spent in each county separately?
Mr. W. ADAMSONThe expenditure on poor relief by the parish councils in the counties mentioned during the year ended the 15th May, 1930, was as follows:
plant for pulverised fuel experiments, and approximately £650 on time of staff and for materials. During the next financial year it is estimated that expenditure on staff and materials will amount to £1,500.