Mr. G. Whiteasked the Minister of Fuel and Power why the use of hire motor-cars is restricted to a radius of20 miles from where the motor-cars are garaged.
§ Sir A. HudsonAs part of the rationing system during the war it was found necessary to restrict travel by hire car to a radius of 10 miles, except where a licence for a longer journey was granted or where the journey was in connection with the hirer's urgent domestic purposes or with essential services being performed by the hirer. Under, the relaxations recently announced, the distance within which a hire car may be used without a licence has been increased to 20 miles, as it is still desirable that such cars should be used mainly for short journeys. In addition, a hire car can be used for a journey of any length which is urgently required for professional or business purposes.