Severe Weather Conditions (Coal Supplies)

HC Deb 31 January 1963 vol 670 cc205-6W

25. Mr. Awbery

asked the Minister of Power if he will give a general direction to the National Coal Board that they should make provision for the sale of coal from Coal Board stocks direct to the public while the present inclement weather lasts.

Mr. Wood

No. This is a matter for the Board, which thinks that arrangements of this kind would delay the movement of coal to consumers generally.