§ 38. Mr. J. Grimstonasked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will arrange, in order to simplify work at garages, that coupons for diesel oil are valid for their face value and not for two-thirds of that value as at present.
§ Mr. P. Noel-BakerThe coupons issued to the owner of a commercial goods vehicle usually entitle him to draw either petrol or diesel oil, as he desires. But the mileage obtained from a gallon of diesel oil is greater than the mileage 22 obtained from a gallon of petrol; it has been regarded as fair, therefore, that the face value of the coupons, when they are used for diesel oil, should be lower than when they are used for petrol. As all issues are now made in multiples of three, the difficulty which the hon. Member fears does not, in practice, arise.