HC Deb 06 November 1947 vol 443 cc238-9W
73. Lieut.-Colonel Boles

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much coal brought from America to Avonmouth at a cost of £8 per ton has been exported to Eire or Northern Ireland; and what price was paid for it by Eire or Northern Ireland.

Mr. Gaitskell

No American coal has been imported into this country at a cost of £8 per ton and no American coal imported at Avonmouth has been re-exported to Eire or Northern Ireland. The last part of the Question, therefore, does not arise.