§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Trade what information he has as to the proportion of petrol pumps which are not capable of conversion to prices in excess of (a) £1 per gallon and (b) £2 per gallon by the use of a double transfer wheel.
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimThere are about 60,000 petrol pumps not able to operate above £1 per gallon, unless they are modified. Many pumps operating on half-price posting have been fitted with double transfer wheels to enable the correct price-to-pay to be displayed; there is no easy way to determine how many pumps are fitted with such wheels, but the majority could be modified in this way. Above £2 per gallon the only practicable solutions are to fit a new computing head or sell by quantity.