HC Deb 12 December 1946 vol 431 c264W
91. Mr. Erroll

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what improvements in operating efficiency are expected to result from the conversion of the L. P. T. B.'s Neasden power station to fuel oil burning.

Mr. Shinwell

The conversion of the Neasden Power Station to oil firing has been undertaken by the London Passenger Transport Board as a matter of expediency, to ease the coal position. It is impossible to predict the exact effect of the alteration in fuel on operational efficiency, but no great change is likely.

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