§ 115. Wing-Commander Hulbertasked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will now make a statement with regard to the stocks of fuel oil now available in this country.
§ Mr. GaitskellNo. As I explained to the House on 6th November in answer to the question by the hon. and gallant Member for Chelsea (Commander Noble), successive Governments have always refused, on Defence grounds, to disclose the amount of stocks of oil held at any given time in this country.