§ Mr. Barrasked the Minister of Fuel and Power what steps he intends taking to lay down more strictly what is an essential journey, in view of the fact that Mr. Cope, a turf accountant, was recently acquitted on a charge of causing motor fuel to be unlawfully used for a journey from London to Newmarket for the St. Leger, on the ground that he was on an essential journey, having missed his train at Liverpool Street, and his firm having commitments of £300,000 or more on the St. Leger?
Major Lloyd GeorgeNone, Sir. Neither the charge nor the Court's decision involved any interpretation of the term "essential journey."