§ 21. Mr. A. Robertsasked the Paymaster-General what developments have taken place for the shipment of liquid gas from the oilfields into the United Kingdom.
§ The Paymaster-General (Mr. Reginald Maudling)Technical progress has now reached the stage at which the Gas Council is considering the possibility of arranging trial shipments of liquid gas.
§ Mr. RobertsIs the right hon. Gentleman satisfied that sufficient research has been applied to bring about the desired result or to expedite it?
§ Mr. MaudlingThe Gas Council is itself doing a very great deal of most valuable work on this problem. I agree that the prospects are most interesting and I think that this is something to which we can look for quite considerable benefits in the future.