§ Sir H. NIELDasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that on the 21st February, and again on the 1st March last letters were addressed to the Road Transport Board by the British representatives of the Commercial Car Unit Company, of Philadelphia, the manufacturers of the Truxtun Truck Unit, an invention whereby certain types of motor touring-cars can be inexpensively converted into sound and serviceable one- 1015W ton transport trucks, and that no reply has been received to these letters or any indications given as to the facilities which the Road Transport Board would give to enable the suggestion contained therein to be developed; and whether he will cause the subject to be examined into and considered with a view to the relief of the present congestion in the transport of goods?
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§ Mr. WARDLEThree letters have been received by the Road Transport Board relative to the "Truxtun" Truck Unit from the London representatives of the Commercial Car Unit Company, to each of which a reply has been sent. The question of tonnage is an obstacle to the importation of these units, and in the present circumstances special facilities for their manufacture in this country would hardly appear to be possible