§ 101. Mr. Summersasked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will arrange the allocation of boiler fuel on the basis of registrations as is done for coal and coke, instead of on pre-war allocations which penalises enterprise and good service.
§ Mr. Noel-BakerThe proportion of households with appliances which require boiler fuels fluctuates widely from district to district; it bears no relation to the number of registrations held by each merchant. Coke, which is plentiful in most areas and from which the supply restrictions were removed on 1st January, 1950, provides a satisfactory alternative to anthracite in the great majority of appliances; I am satisfied that, generally speaking, every merchant should be able to offer one or other of these fuels to his 15W customers. For these reasons, I regret that I cannot adopt the hon. Member's proposal.