Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 30 Ionawr 1947.
May I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether the best way to run a planned economy is to allow the allocation of coal to individual factories to turn on the row or otherwise made by the local Member of Parliament? Is this the reason why the allocation has been taken from his hands and given to the Board of Trade?