Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce. – in the House of Commons at on 6 March 1929.
Commodore Henry King
, Paddington South
I am advised that the oil industry in Russia is completely under Government control and that there is a Government monopoly in petrol in Spain. I know of no other countries where petrol prices are controlled. The Governments of Egypt and of the Argentine engage to a limited extent in the refining of crude oil.