§ 99. Sir J. Mellorasked the Minister of Fuel and Power why, since Mr. C. R. Ramsdall of 2, Council Houses, Nether Whitacre, was authorised in January, 1946, by the county and district councils to run a motor car for hire, his repeated applications for petrol coupons have been rejected; and why a letter upon this subject, dated 22nd October, 1947, from the hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield to the Parliamentary Secretary, was not answered until 14th January, 1948, notwithstanding requests for expedition dated 2nd, 5th and 30th December.
§ Mr. RobensI can only reiterate the information contained in the letter addressed to the hon. Member, that the existing hire car service in Nether Whitacre is sufficient to meet public needs. I regret very much the delay in replying which was due to the very large number of cases under local investigation.