HC Deb 23 May 1939 vol 347 c2121W
Lieut.-Colonel Moore-Brabazon

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the money to be provided by Parliament for accumulating stocks of agricultural tractors for food production as part of the defence preparations, will also provide for the accumulation of producer-gas plants for the tractors as an alternative to oil propulsion?

Sir R. Dorman-Smith

Under the terms of the Supplementary Estimate agreed to in Committee of Supply on 17th May, it would be permissible to establish a reserve of producer-gas plants for agricultural tractors. The use of producer-gas for tractors in this country, however, is only in the experimental stage.

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