§ Mr. Lewisasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport what was the total amount of petrol per week which was originally permitted when petrol rationing started to be used by the proprietors of greyhound racecourses throughout the United Kingdom for the purpose of carrying dogs from their kennels to the racecourses and back again; and what is the amount now permitted for this purpose.
§ Mr. Noel-BakerThe Regional Transport Commissioners only allow a period of three months before they destroy their detailed records of the claims for fuel rations which they allow. The records for 1939 are not, therefore, now available. To compile the total figure of the present issues to greyhound racing would entail a good deal of work, which I hope my hon. Friend will not ask for at the present time, when the Commissioners' staffs are under heavy pressure.