Fuel: nothing doing
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THE GOVERNMENT'S best course of action over the fuel shortage is to do nothing — though it is willing to help sort out fuel problems when it can.
This was made plain in the Commons last week by Hamish Gray, Minister of State for Energy, who said several representative bodies, including Road Haulage Association and Freight Transport Association had A HOME has been found for some of London Transport's unwanted modern Daimler Fleetline double-deck buses.
An Essex dealer is converting some to single-doorway layout and is selling them to West Midlands PTE in exchange for 10-metre Fleetlines. asked him for help.
He would try to sort out problems where there might be some special role for Government, but there was no getting away from the basic' supply shortfall. All consumers had to adapt to it, he said.
The Government was trying to make sure that fuel was getting to outlying regions, went on Mr Gray. He was keeping in very close contact with the industry, he said.
The Department was monitoring the situation and intervening as and where necessary.