Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry. – in the House of Commons at on 8 April 1941.
Major Abraham Lyons
, Leicester East
asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the apprehensions of the South Wales Miners' Federation as to the present inadequacy of coal reserves; what steps he is proposing to increase the same; and whether, in view of the chaos during prior winters, he will put plans into immediate operation so as to build up now adequate reserves for the winter of 1941–2?