Mr. De la Bèreasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the representations of the coal trade and the Society of Coal Merchants, he will now consider, with a view to saving transport, the elimination of carrying weights and scales on coal vans?
§ Captain WaterhouseMy right hon. Friend has now consulted local authorities and the trade interests concerned and he is satisfied that on balance it would not be in the public interest to take action on the lines suggested.