Lieut.-Colonel Geoffrey Clifton-Brown:

asked the Secretary of State for War what regulations have been issued to save petrol in camps occupied by Poles; and how it is still possible for large lorries from Polish camps in the Newmarket area to come into that town almost daily either to buy newspapers, or bring Polish wives in to shop.

The petrol used by the Army in Home Commands is now rationed. This rationing system applies to units of the Polish Resettlement Corps in the same way as to ordinary units. I have no evidence that petrol is being wasted in the way referred to in the last part of the Question.

Lieut.-Colonel Clifton-Brown:

Can the Minister say why the camps referred to should need lorries for these purposes, when there are N.A.A.F.I. shops already in the camps?

I really could not say why they require lorries, but I will find out.