§ Mr. Simmondsasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the insistence of his Ministry that goods of a bulky nature which are required for war purposes should be transported by railway is causing serious delay and is also uneconomical in very many instances; and will he alter this?
§ Lieut.-Colonel Moore - BrabazonI assume that my hon. Friend has in mind the operation of the fuel rationing scheme in relation to commercial road transport under which, with the object of economising the use of imported fuel, supplementary rations are not issued in respect of consignments which could be more suitably carried by some other form of transport. Extra fuel rations are not refused for road transport where other means of transport are for any reason not vailable or not suitable. If, however, my hon. Friend has any particular difficulties in mind I shall be glad to examine them.