HC Deb 28 February 1949 vol 462 c2W
14. Mr. Erroll

asked the Minister of Supply why the passenger-carrying motor cars of the Official Motor Car Service run on red commercial petrol.

Mr. G. R. Strauss

This is the case in London, where cars are fuelled at Ministry garages, and at Ministry of Supply establishments, which, at the time of the introduction of the regulation, had only one petrol pump available. In all these cases commercial vehicles are also served and it is more convenient and economical to use only one type of petrol. This arrangement has the approval of the Ministry of Fuel and Power.