§ Mr. Shinwellasked the Secretary for Mines whether he can report any progress in the use of gas-producer plant for mechanical transport; and whether there is any official at the Mines Department who has any practical experience of the subject?
§ Mr. LloydYes, Sir. The report of the committee on the Emergency Conversion of Motor Vehicles to Producer Gas, to which I referred in my reply to a Question on 8th November last by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Limehouse (Mr. Attlee) was published three weeks ago. The design of conversion equipment evolved by the committee has been made available to a number of firms, and I understand that in some cases manufacture has already begun. As regards the last part of the Question, I would remind the hon. Member that Sir Harold Hartley is now Honorary Adviser to the Mines Department on the development of home-produced fuels.