I am grateful to the Minister for his efforts over the weekend to ensure that the working hours rules for drivers delivering heating oil to households across the highlands were relaxed. I understand that that relaxation will expire at midnight tonight, but there is still a significant backlog of heating oil deliveries. This will particularly affect needy families in rural areas, where it would be a disaster if energy supplies were to run short. Will he look urgently into continuing the relaxation of the working hours rules in the days to come, to ensure that the backlog can be cleared?
Severe Weather (Transport and Public Services)
Proceeding contribution from
Danny Alexander
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 January 2010.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Severe Weather (Transport and Public Services).
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