§ Mr. Wootton-Daviesasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is yet in a position to make any public statement about the progress which has been made during the war in the discovery and working of petroleum deposits in Great Britain; and whether, in view of the fact that information on this subject can now no longer be of material value to the enemy, he is prepared to give full details.
Major Lloyd GeorgeSuch information on this subject as can at present be published appeared in the Press on 23rd September, and I am sending to my hon. Friend a copy of the statement which was issued to the Press.