§ Mr. McKelveyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much it is costing the Inland Revenue to hire from Mitchell Self Drive the Ford Transit, registration number DRS 488T, and from Swan National Van Hire the Ford Transit, BUD 359V, which are currently being used by senior officials to circumvent the Council of Civil Service Unions strike at Cumbernauld accounts office; how many other vehicles have been hired for this purpose; from which firms; and at what cost each.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 31 March 1981, c. 63]: Because the Post Office drivers will not cross picket lines at Cumbernauld accounts office the vehicles referred to have been hired at normal commercial rates. Six other vehicles have been hired for varying periods, also at normal commercial rates.