Government: Ministerial Cars

Lord Laming Excerpts

Tuesday 5th October 2010 Lords Chamber

[Earl Attlee]

My Lords, I am not aware of any cars using liquid petroleum gas. However, many of them now use diesel fuel. For instance, some of the Jaguar cars will do 26.5 miles to the gallon and the Toyota Prius Mark III will achieve 72.4 miles per gallon. So far as I am aware, though, we are not using LPG as a fuel.

[Lord Laming]

Will the Minister assure the House that the Government will balance driving down costs with ensuring the efficiency of government business?

[Earl Attlee]

My Lords, we will do so. That is a major consideration.