HC Deb 27 February 1957 vol 565 cc178-9W
97. Dr. Bennett

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why he employs transport contractors from Bournemouth to serve the Superintending Civil Engineer's department at Lee-on-Solent when that station's own transport vehicles of the same kind are idle.

Mr. Galbraith

One hired lorry is used for naval works in the Lee-on-Solent area. The hire contract with the Bournemouth firm, made before fuel rationing was introduced, was terminated in January and replaced by another with a Gosport firm. The fact that some vehicles at the station have not been used is due to the effects of fuel rationing, which is bound on occasion to result in small anomalies of this kind.