§ 36. Mr. Iremongerasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what arrangements are being made to ensure that London licensed taxicab drivers who are resident and normally ply for 169W hire in inner metropolitan London can obtain fuel for their taxis without having to make the journey to central London and back at the cost of up to £2 and the unremunerative consumption of the fuel obtained there.
§ Mr. Tom BoardmanI am informed that licensed taxi drivers draw their diesel fuel from about nine principal suppliers with sites in different parts of the metropolitan area and that they also use ordinary retail outlets. Though I appreciate there may be individual cases of difficulty affecting those taxi drivers to whom my hon. Friend refers, I am not aware of any general problem at this time.