§ 57. Mr. Sharplesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will extend the provision of the Petroleum Spirit Conveyance Regulations, 1957, so as to cover the carriage of domestic fuel oil.
140WKingdom figures for 1967 are given below. I regret that the amounts licitly prescribed cannot be determined from available statistics.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsDomestic fuel oil is by no means as hazardous as petroleum spirit and I have no evidence that its conveyance by road needs to be similarly controlled. On the possible risks presented by mixed loads of petroleum spirit and domestic fuel oil, I would refer to the reply which I gave on 25th January to a Question by the hon. Member for Twickenham (Mr. Gresham Cooke).— [Vol. 739, c.312.]