§ 79 and 80. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Paymaster-General (1) if he is aware that the present price of oil fuel for fishing trawlers is too high, and puts British trawlers at a disadvantage as compared with foreign trawlers; and what steps he proposes to regulate and reduce the price of fuel oil for these purposes;
(2) if he will make a statement on the present price of oil as fuel for fishing trawlers; and what steps he is taking to prevent any increase in the price of oil for those purposes.
§ Mr. RentonNo. Increases in the prices of bunker fuels for fishing vessels at British ports since the start of the emergency have not exceeded those applying to similar oils for inland use. I am not aware that these increases have been out of line with those in foreign ports.