HC Deb 16 March 1926 vol 193 c261W
Mr. REMER

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many gallons of petrol were purchased by the Admiralty in 1925; how many gallons were refined by British labour; and how many gallons by foreign labour?

Viscount CURZON (for Mr. DAVIDSON)

Approximately, 333;000 gallons were purchased by the Admiralty in 1925, of which, roughly, 75 per cent. was refined in this country.