§ Sir B. Neven-Spenceasked the Minister of War Transport how many commercial motor vehicles are now operating on the roads of Great Britain under A, B and C Defence Permits, respectively, and how many of these vehicles are owned by controlled undertakings under the Government Road Haulage Organisation.
§ Mr. BarnesThe total number of goods vehicles in use under A, B and C Defence Permits is about 414,900. Separate2038W figures for A, B and C Defence Permits respectively have not been kept since the beginning of the war, but I am considering whether they should now be resumed. As to the number of vehicles under the Government Road Haulage Organisation, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26th November to my hon. Friend the Member for Enfield (Mr. Ernest Davies), a copy of which I will send to him.