Mr. Shawcrossasked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will state, approximately, how much of the 163,000,000 gallons of motor spirit imported from the U.S.A. at a cost of £4,499,329 during the three months January to March, 1947, was used for private pleasure motoring under the basic rationing scheme.
§ Mr. ShinwellImports of motor spirit from U.S.A. accounted for about one half of the total imports of motor spirit in January-March, 1947, but it is not possible to allocate imports from a particular country to a particular use.