N.R.T.F. Ask for Reduction in Tax
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A DEPUTATION from the National Pl. Road Transport Federation met the Financial Secretary to the Treasgry, Mr. H. Brooke, on Tuesday, to ask for a reduction in fuel tax and the abolition of purchase tax on commercial-vehicle chassis.
The deputation, led by Mr. James Barrie, chairman of the Federation and of the Road Haulage Association, recalled that when the Government raised the tax in 1952, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the increase was necessary to relieve difficulties of balance of payments. They maintained that the foreign-exchange position and the country's financial condition had improved.
Fuel tax, they claimed, represented at least 25 per cent. of the running costs of commercial vehicles, and had a cumulative effect in increasing the cost of living. It caused unremunerative services to be withdrawn.
• Mr. Brooke undertook to communicate the views of the deputation to the Chancellor.
DUKE CALLS FOR REPORT
ABOUT a year ago the Institute of Traffic Administration (Manchester Centre) set up committees to investigate causes of local traffic congestion, said Mr. C. I. Parker at the centre's annual dinner on Tuesday. The Duke of Edinburgh had expressed interest in that work and had asked to be supplied with a copy of the report, which is to be presented at an open meeting on January 18.
Mr. E. H. Burn, centre chairman, said that Manchester was trying to lead the way in the Institute's education programme.