HC Deb 20 January 1943 vol 386 cc223-4W
Dr. Little

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether, in view of the dissatisfaction with the quantity and quality of the coal at present being supplied to Northern Ireland, he will give instructions that Northern Ireland gets a fair share of English coal and that the supply of coal from other centres be of a better quality?

Major Lloyd George

The programme of coal supplies to Northern Ireland is a matter of agreement between my Department and the Ministry of Commerce in Northern Ireland. At a meeting last week between officers of the two Departments, the position was reviewed and certain necessary adjustments made in the programme.