§ 9. Mr. GORDON MACDONALDasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the sources of supply for petrol and oil which are consumed by the Navy, specifying the quantity produced at home in 1931 and 1934?
Sir B. EYRES MONSELLThe sources of supply of the petrol and oils consumed by the Navy are England, Scotland, Persia, Borneo, British West Indies, Rumania and the United States of America. It is not possible accurately 952 to specify the amount produced in the British Isles, but only a very small proportion came from British coal and shale in the years named.