HC Deb 20 March 1940 vol 358 c2004W
Major Carver

asked the Minister of Agriculture how many producer-gas tractors are in operation in Great Britain at the present time; and what is the policy of his Department with regard to them?

Sir R. Dorman-Smith

Apart from a very few machines of an experimental nature, I am informed that there are no producer-gas tractors in operation in Great Britain at the present time. While my Department is sympathetic to the introduction of a producer-gas tractor, I understand that the types of machine so far tested are not entirely satisfactory.