§ Sir Michael McNair-WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he has set the petroleum retailing companies a date by which unleaded petrol must be available on the forecourts of all filling stations either owned or serviced by them.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonNo such date has been set.
EC Directive 85/210/EEC requires member states
to ensure the availability and balanced distribution within their territories of unleaded petrol from 1 October 1989".By the end of last year, unleaded petrol was available at more than 3,000 United Kingdom petrol stations, about 15 per cent. of the total. Current conversions of petrol stations to unleaded are continuing at about 60 per week.