| MINISTER OF FUEL SPEAKS ON PETROL Fuel Minister Aubrey Jones speaks about petrol rationing. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8603 |
| Catalog #: | 112359 | |
| Clip Number: | 112359-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 2910 D | |
| Timecode: | 01:06:59 - 01:09:19 | |
| Location: | Millbank, London | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Crisis INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Oil LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London WAR & CONFLICT: Suez Crisis 1956-1957 | |
| Description: | MINISTER OF FUEL ON PETROL RATIONING CU Aubrey Jones, Minister of Fuel and Power, making a statement on rationing of petrol. Millbank, London CU Aubrey Jones, Minister of Fuel and Power, making a statement on rationing of petrol. "Well first of all I would like to thank the motorist public in general for the admirable way they responded to my appeals when I introduced my first cut about a fortnight ago. They responded admirably and it isn’t their fault that I now have to do a little worse. The situation in the Middle East continues extremely uncertain. It looks as though the canal be closed for a longer time than we originally thought. And for that reason I have to do something a little severe. The new cut decided on is 25%. … The new cut is 25%. Now in applying this cut we observed a very simple principal. It’s most important we shall maintain industrial production. Production comes first and pleasure and comfort second. Now the most important thing of course, is the introduction of petrol rationing. There will be a basic ration of 200 miles a month. Much more generous, if I may say so, then was the case under the old rationing scheme. The basic allowance is more generous, but the supplementary allowances will be fewer as was the case on the last occasion. And the purpose of this is to enable us to work the scheme much more economically. … Some of you will be interested in the price of petrol. Well now, the oil companies have undertaken to consult me before they raise petrol prices and they haven’t yet come to me for an application for a price increase. But of course the costs will have gone up, very largely due to dearer oil in the Western hemisphere and the longer routes the tankers now have to follow. The only other thing I would say is that there is no further cut, at the moment, in supplies of fuel oil to industry. And we hope therefore the effect of all this on industrial production can be kept down to a very minimum. I’m assured there are not to be any untoward on industrial production." | |
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