HC Deb 07 August 1947 vol 441 cc186-8W
68. Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyre

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if supplies of household coal and boiler fuel to coal merchants during the summer months will be adequate to enable them to meet all demands from their customers for stocking up to the permitted quantities.

Mr. Shinwell

No. The supply position at present is such that all consumers cannot expect to receive the maximum permitted quantities of house coal and boiler fuel for the summer period.

72. Mr. Skinnard

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether in order to ensure a more equitable distribution of available supplies of domestic fuel, he will make a regulation that where premises are registered with a gas light and coke company for coke supplies and also with a coal merchant for house coal, the coal merchant must not supply any Group 2 fuel without a permit from the local fuel overseer.

Mr. Shinwell

This is one of the questions relating to boiler fuel supplies now under consideration. I will let my hon. Friend know when a decision has been reached.

Mr. Younger

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what proportion of their allocations of domestic coal for the six months ended 28th April, 1947, was actually received by each of the coal merchants in Grimsby whose allocation exceeded 10 tons per week.

Mr. Shinwell

The following statement gives the information asked for by my hon. Friend in respect of merchants whose allocation exceeded 10 tons a week for the six months ended 28th April, 1947.

Name of Merchant Depot Percentage of allocation received.
per cent.
Aisthorpe, W A Holles St. 94.8
Bevers, E. Holles St. 100.0
Bush, A. H. Holles St. 94.1
Charlton, B. T. Ltd. Holles St. 98.1
Cooper, H. R. Holles St. 97.5
Eley, C. H. & Sons Holles St. 90.2
Franklin, C. M. Ltd Holles St. 80.6
Fynes, G. S. & Co Holles St. 91.9
Gt. Grimsby Coal, Salt & Tanning Co Holles St. 96.5
Gt. Grimsby Co-op Holles St. 94.9
Green, S. & Son Holles St. 94.4
Johnson, C. W. Holles St. 94.3
Larder, J. & Son Holles St. 93.4
Larder, W. Holles St. 89.4
Moon, S. B Holles St. 95.1
Mumby, T. Holles St. 96.1
Nickerson E. W & Son Holles St. 97.0
North, W. E Holles St. 92.0
Oldershaw & Son Holles St. 95.7
Pinchbeck. W & Son Holles St. 101.4
Pinder, F Holles St. 89.6
Scott Bros. Holles St. 98.4
Shaw, H. Exors. Holles St. 99.3
Silvester, G. & Son Holles St. 88.3
Thornley, J. Holles St. 90.7
Thornley, R. M. & Son Holles St. 92.6
Tindall, G. Holles St. 96.2
Bannister, E. Pasture St. 87.5
Genney Ltd. Pasture St. 95.5
Newman, H. & Son Pasture St. 98.5
Orby Bradley Pasture St. 95.5
Smith, G. W. Pasture St. 104.1
Tuxworth, J P Pasture St. 94.7
Webster, W. Pasture St. 103.6
Bygoot, T. West Marsh 94.7
Waller, W. H. West Marsh 101.5
Walton, I. West Marsh 96.9
Wood, A. West Marsh 103.3
Dobbs I West Marsh 94.3

Mr. Younger

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what are the weekly allocations of domestic coal to each of the depots in Grimsby; and what is the number of registrations at each of these depots.

Mr. Shinwell

The following is the number of registrations and weekly allocations of house coal at each of the Grimsby depots for the present summer programme May to October, 1947, inclusive.

Depot. Number of Registrations. Weekly allocation of house coal.
Holles Street 23,364 1,177 tons
Pasture Street 7,683 324 tons
West Marsh 4,987 237 tons