§ Mr. Thorneasked the Secretary for Mines how many tons of coal have been sent to Italy during the past three months; and whether the Government have a contract to supply them with coal?
§ Mr. LloydI regret that it is not in the public interest to give these statistics, which are confidential. The Government are not a party to the contracts which exist between British coal exporters and collieries on the one hand and the Italian Coal Monopoly on the other.