§ Mr. Grenfellasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will authorise publishing the prices paid for coal supplied to industrial consumers, municipal and public undertakings, and for domestic 735W purposes, for the quarter ended September, 1937, and for September, 1935, with a comparable statement dealing with f.o.b. export prices?
§ Captain CrookshankI regret that the statistics that the hon. Member requires with regard to inland prices are not available in my Department and it is not possible therefore to publish the comparable statement he desires.
§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Secretary for Mines the average f.o.b. coal prices at the port of Cardiff, respectively, for the quarters ending September, 1935, and September, 1937, and the average freightage rates charged for shipment in the same periods?
§ Captain CrookshankThe average declared value per ton f.o.b. of coal exported from Cardiff was 17s. 3d. in the quarter ended September, 1935, and 203. 3d. in the quarter ended September, 1937. I regret that the information asked for in the second part of the question is not available.
§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Secretary for Mines whether he can state the average prices realised at pit-head in South Wales for best steams shipped abroad; and the price per ton at which local consumers can obtain the same class and quality of coal?
§ Captain CrookshankI regret that this information is not available in my Department.