§ 28. Mr. Lipsonasked the Secretary for Petroleum whether he will arrange that the basic petrol ration for a motor car shall, like the supplemental, be determined by the purpose's for which the motor car is required and not by its horse-power?
§ The Secretary for Petroleum (Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd)In present circumstances I do not think that the adoption of the hon. Member's suggestion would, on balance, be an advantage.
§ Mr. LipsonIs my hon. Friend aware that many commercial travellers who are using low horse-power cars for business purposes are very much concerned because people with higher horse-power cars who use them for joy riding get much more petrol and will he at least see that a more generous supplementary allowance is given to people who use their cars for business purposes?
§ Mr. Garro JonesWill the hon. Gentleman also give full consideration to the cost in shipping tonnage and naval tonnage of every gallon of petrol which is used unnecessarily in high horse-power cars; and would it not be possible to secure a substantial diminution in the consumption of petrol by requiring lower horse-power cars to be used on Government service?