HC Deb 11 December 1935 vol 307 c927W
Sir J. WARDLAW-MILNE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air to what extent the Air Ministry have adopted the policy of installing Diesel oil engines in place of coal-fired boilers; and whether the Government will reconsider this policy in view of the desirability of extending the market for British coal instead of increasing the country's dependence upon imported oil?

Sir P. SASSOON

There has been no displacement of coal-fired boilers by Diesel oil-engines in so far as concerns the Air Ministry. The second part of the question does not therefore arise.