§ Colonel BURTONasked the Post master-General how many motor vans are employed by his Department; and what number of these were manufactured by British firms?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe number of motor vans owned by the Post Office is 928. Of these 120 are wholly of British manufacture, and 14 are Canadian. The remaining 794 vans are supplied by the Ford Motor Company (England) Limited; and I am informed that about 90 per cent. of the labour and material employed in their manufacture is British.