While That Fuel Crisis was on, we were asked by the Government to make a contribution to the manpower situation, by releasing some of the people in the employment of the Post Office.

Let us admit the difficulties that were caused by it; but even since then, at a time when he knows that he has not overtaken the arrears of production of raw materials that were caused by That Fuel Crisis, the Minister is still encouraging local authorities to go ahead.

The hon. Member should ask the Prime Minister some day about That Fuel Crisis.