§ Dr. Kingasked the Paymaster-General if he will give an estimate of the amount of dollars saved by refining oil at Esso, Fawley, in 1948 and in 1958, respectively.
§ Mr. MaudlingWithout the refinery, products would have to be imported instead of crude oil, and in 1958 the United Kingdom's import bill would have been increased by the equivalent of some £20 million. It is not possible to give an estimate of the dollar content of this figure. In 1948 refining at Fawley was only on a small scale.