§ 33. Mr. N. Macphersonasked the Minister of Fuel and Power why a petrol allowance has been refused to Mr. Walter Semple, Burn Grange, Ecclefechan, Dumfries-shire, who suffers from a physical disability, is carrying on a small garage which does not give him a livelihood and has applied to be allowed to run his Morris 8 h.p. car as a taxi in Ecclefechan where the county council representative states that there is need for additional hired transport.
§ Mr. GaitskellThe reasons why no allowance was granted in this case were fully set out in a letter to the hon. Member from my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, dated 27th February.
§ 42. Mr. Turtonasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he has instructed his regional petroleum officers to grant supplementary allowances of petrol for attendance at Divine worship when the use of public transport is not reasonably practicable; and whether, in such cases, there is any restriction in the number of attendances in respect of which supplementary allowances may be granted.
§ Mr. GaitskellThe normal rule is that the allowance should be sufficient for one attendance per week.
§ 67. Sir W. Wakefieldasked the Minister of Fuel and Power when the necessary petrol allocation is to be given to Mr. A. Morland of New Quebec Motors, and Mr. J. Moss of 62, Hannon Street, W.I, both ex-Service disabled persons who are suffering hardship because of the failure of his Department to give the necessary petrol allocation, and for whom application was made several months ago.
§ Mr. GaitskellI regret the delay in dealing with these cases, in which the applicants are asking for allowances to enable them to carry on hire car businesses. The cases have been referred to the Ministry of Labour for advice and I hope that a decision will be reached shortly.