§ Mr. DAYasked the Postmaster-General what percentage of the number of vans purchased by the Post Office during the 12 months ended to the last convenient date were of British manufacture and consisted wholly of British-made parts?
§ Viscount WOLMERDuring the last 12 months the Post Office has purchased 674 vans, of which 670 were wholly British. The remaining four had British bodies on American-made chassis of the new Ford model, bought for experimental purposes. The figure desired by the hon. Member is therefore 99.4 per cent.