§ Squadron-Leader Donnerasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he has noted the analysis by a Danish customer of coal exported giving 46.91 per cent, as the moisture and ash content as compared with a 10 per cent, moisture and ash content before the war; and what steps he proposes to take to remedy these deficiencies.
§ Mr. Shinwell:I greatly regret the inferior quality of the coal referred to, but as the great bulk of the only coal at present available for export has to be taken from dumps, I am afraid that I can hold out no hope of any early improvement in quality.