Imported Coal (Price)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 July 1947.

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Photo of Mr Emanuel Shinwell Mr Emanuel Shinwell , Seaham 12:00, 31 July 1947

I am not prepared to concede that British coal is dirty. There is a great deal of it which is of good saleable quality. As regards United States coal, if it is of the variety sent to European countries, it may not be entirely up to our standards.