§ Mr. Staintonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will use his powers to prescribe minimum purchases of petrol by motorists on a. sliding c.c. scale, so avoiding topping-up queues and unnecessary buying.
§ Mr. Tom BoardmanSuch a scheme would be extremely difficult to implement in practice. There has been an improvement in the petrol supply position generally during the past week and this impovement is expected to be maintained now that further deliveries are being made to petrol retailers.