§ Mr. Bateyasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the amount of tons of coal consumed by gas undertakings for the year 1934 and up to the latest available year; and also the average price per ton of such coal?
§ Mr. Cross:The quantity of coal carbonised at all gas works was as follows:
Tons. 1934 … … … 17,894,665 1935 … … … 18,033,192 1936 … … … 19,054,776 I regret that no information as to price is available.