§ Colonel GRETTONasked the Undersecretary of State for War if he is aware that numbers of motor lorries driven by Army drivers travel empty by road from Scotland and the North of England to the South; and if arrangements will be made to avoid and end this waste of transport by loading these lorries with food and goods required in the South?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI am not aware that any motor lorries driven by Army drivers have travelled empty from Scotland and the North of England to the South. If my hon, and gallant Friend is referring to lorries delivered by manufacturers it is the practice, whenever possible, to use such lorries for the conveyance of goods. I would also refer him the answer which I gave on this subject to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentford on the 3rd December last.