§ 83. Mr. Palmerasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, in view of the desirability of limiting as far 158W as is practicable in present circumstances the import of fuel oil, and the desirability of not adding further to the volume of diesel fumes in the congested London area, he will give a general direction to the British Transport Commission to disallow the decision of the London Transport Executive to spend over £10 million on the purchase of diesel buses in substitution for existing electric trolley buses worth approximately £20 million.
§ Mr. WatkinsonNo. The additional consumption of diesel oil will be comparatively insignificant.