§ 44. Mr. PETOasked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is proposed, in the interests of economy of petrol, to place any restriction upon the distances that may be travelled in the country by petrol-driven cars belonging to tradesmen and co-operative stores soliciting orders and delivering goods?
§ Mr. WARDLEThe President of the Board of Trade has recently appointed a Road Transport Board, one function of which will be to determine what further measures are necessary to ensure the most economic use of road transport vehicles. 1541 The Road Transport Board, through its local officers, will investigate the questions referred to by the hon. Gentleman, and will decide what restrictions, if any, shall be placed upon the distances travelled by vehicles used for soliciting orders and delivering goods.