HC Deb 31 July 1951 vol 491 c176W
113. Mr. Crouch

asked the Minister of Supply if he will release to the home market motor vehicles which have been allocated to the export market, but have been standing for over three months either on the quayside or in field adjoining the factories awaiting shipping space.

Mr. M. Stewart

Manufacturers may, at their discretion, divert to the home market export vehicles for which shipping space is not available, on the understanding that, as the shipping position improves, they will increase exports so that supply to the home market corresponds as closely as possible to the home quotas for the year as a whole.