THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET LP. (41) 226 COPY NO. 52 31st DECEMBER 1941 WAR CABINET. LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE. RETAIL COAL PRICES IN LONDON. I curculate for the information of the Lord President's Committee a Memorandum prepared by the Secretary for Mines on Retail Coal Prices in London. Board of Trade, 31st December 1941. A.R.D. Since the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Government's stabilisation policy in his last Budget statement a tight hand has been kept on coal prices.