Domestic Coal Supplies, Hull

HC Deb 08 October 1946 vol 427 cc24-5W

Commander Pursey

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the percentage of the allocation of domestic coal to Hull supplied to the city during the first quarter of the coal year 1946–47; and the percentage supplied to the Hull Co-operative Society, Risdale and Walkers, and the other merchants, respectively.

Mr. Shinwell

During the first quarter of the coal year 1946–47 domestic supplies to the Hull district amounted to 99.43 per rent of its allocation. The corresponding percentages for the Hull Co-operative Society, Messrs. Risdale and Walkers and the other merchants were respectively, 100.64, 98.26 and 99.17.