§ Mr. ACLANDasked the Under-Secretary of State for War how many officers of his Department are entitled to use motor cars provided by the Department for the purpose of bringing them from their homes to the office, taking them out to lunch, and taking them home; how much petrol is consumed weekly on service of this kind; and whether, in view of the appeal recently issued by the Petrol Committee to economise petrol, he will have the waste of cars, petrol, and drivers caused by this service at once discontinued?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe use of all War Department cars is strictly regulated by Army Council Instruction, which enjoins,inter alia, that no motor vehicle, car ambulance, lorry, or bicycle will be used without special authority of the General Officer Commanding on any but strictly military duty. No cars are allotted for the specific purposes referred to in the question, and every precaution is a ready taken to prevent waste.