§ Mr. Liddallasked the Minister of Fuel and Power why, whereas prior to the war, the residue from 100 wagons of coal used by an electric power station was 10 wagons of ash, to-day from a like supply the residue is 30 wagons of ash.
Major Lloyd GeorgeOwing to the great increase in the load at electricity stations during the war, and to the heavy demands for coal for all purposes, it has been necessary to widen the range of fuels supplied to electricity undertakings generally, and they have co-operated with my Ministry in absorbing increased tonnages of coals of low grades. The ash contents vary, but I cannot accept my hon. Friend's suggestion that the ash content of coal supplied to electricity stations averages anything like 30 per cent.