§ 7. Sir J. POWERasked the President of the Board of Trade if roadside petrol pumps are now periodically tested for accuracy under the Regulations made by his Department?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERRegulations under the Weights and Measures (Amendment) Act, 1926, have not yet been made, but I expect shortly to be in a position to publish a draft. Pending the final settlement of these Regulations in consultation with local authorities and others interested, patterns of petrol measuring instruments have been sanctioned by the Board of Trade, and many local authorities are testing roadside petrol pumps by arrangement with the owners and makers.
§ Mr. MACQUISTENIn view of the campaign in the Press as to the origin of certain petrol, will the light hon. Gentleman make it possible to include in these Regulations some method of discovering from which particular country the petrol comes?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI am afraid that it would not be possible for any form of petrol pump yet designed to register the origin of the petrol which it exudes.
§ Mr. HARDIEIs it not a fact well known to those who have motor cars that R.O.P. is being sold as an English product?