§ Mr. Ethertonasked the Secretary for Mines how long the instruction or order which provides that individuals shall only be supplied with two hundredweights of coke or coal at one time will remain operative; and whether consideration is being given to the drain on national resources, particularly the increased consumption of petrol and expenditure of time, which this uneconomic method of delivery entails and the probability that any increased cost thereby incurred will result in an increase in price to the consumer?
§ Mr. LloydI can assure my hon. Friend that the considerations which he mentions are constantly in mind and that the two hundredweight restriction will be lifted as and when circumstances permit.