Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 November 1947.
Sir Waldron Smithers
, Orpington
12:00,
27 November 1947
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why American coal, which costs £5 10s. per ton plus transport charges, was sold to the Dumfries Lunatic Asylum at 40s. 6d. per ton; and who pays the difference.
