Move to Slash P.S.V. Fuel Tax
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FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT rl•
A MOVE to free from duty heavy oils used as fuel for buses will be made by Labour M.P.s when the Commons debate the Finance Bill after the Whitsun recess. Four Members, led by Mr. Harold Wilson, the "Shadow Chancellor," have put down a new clause to the Bill which. if accepted, would give this relief to heavy oils used as fuel for hackney carriages having seating capacity for 20 or more. They say that the words "hackney carriage" should have the same meaning as in the Vehicles (Excise) Act of 1949—" a mechanically propelled vehicle standing or plying for hire." Included is any vehicle let for hire by a person whose trade is to sell or let them, provided that the vehicle is not let for more than three months.
The Commons will also be asked by the Opposition to approve a lower rate of excise duty for goods vehicles used by farmers and showmen and local authorities' watering vehicles.
Amendments setting out these new rates say that the range of unladen weights covered by different payments should be extended,