Official ,Statements on Oil Position
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1 fuel situation were expected to be 0 Government statements on the
made this week. On Wednesday afternoon the Minister of Transport was to announce bigger allocations to coach operators. It was hoped that these would go up from 50 per cent, of normal requirements to 75 per cent. The statement was also expected to refer to goods vehicles.
Lord Mills, Minister of Power, was to review the oil situationgenerally.
The Government, writes our political correspondent, hope that the present crisis will mean that the -railways will carry 15 per cent, more traffic. There is some regret that the railways' new charges scheme does not come into effect until July, so that advantage cannot be taken of the present situation, but the hope is that the scheme will encourage heavy traffic to remain with the railways.