§ Q15. Mr. Higginsasked the Prime Minister, further to her reply to the right hon. Member for Worthing, Official Report, 5 March, col. 164, if she will request the chairmen of nationalised industries to deal more expeditiously with questions referred to them by Ministers on behalf of hon. Members, in view of the failure of the chairman of the National Coal Board to give answers to questions from the right hon. Member for Worthing which were orginally raised in his question to the Secretary of State for Energy recorded in the Official Report, 26 February, col. 426–7.
§ The Prime MinisterSo far as I am aware, the chairmen do endeavour to deal expeditiously with hon. Members' correspondence. I also understand that the chairman of the National Coal Board has now written to my right hon. Friend.