§ Mr. Pearsonasked the Secretary for Mines whether, in view of the continued increase in the number of unemployed mineworkers in South Wales, he will consider taking more active steps to recapture the coal export markets lost to foreign competitors, whose exports are heavily subsidised?
§ Captain CrookshankAs I have frequently explained to the House, efforts are being made to solve the difficulties of the coal export trade by agreement between the coal producing industries of European countries, and negotiations to this end are still proceeding,