Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry. – in the House of Commons at on 20 February 1940.
Mr. De la Bère:
asked the Secretary for Mines whether, in view of the fact that frost and snow have prevented the use of tractors on farms throughout the country, he will take steps to ensure that the petroleum control boards afford every speedy assistance possible to farmers for utilising these tractors to enable the maximum output from the farms to be secured?