Orders of the Day — Coal Policy.

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 11 June 1942.

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Photo of Mr Geoffrey Shakespeare Mr Geoffrey Shakespeare , Norwich

—but I cannot for the life of me see why the allowance of coal should be greater for those who live in Scotland and the North and why, when you come into the Midlands you lose half a ton, and when you get down South you lose a whole ton. The expert who thought out that clever scheme knew nothing about meteorology. You have only to ask any expert meteorologist, and he will tell you that the cold patches of weather do not come from North to South; they come from the East to the West. If I send the President of the Board of Trade a diagram on this question, will he look into it?