'WAIT FOR BUDGET'
27th January 1967, Page 30
27th January 1967
Page 30
Page 30, 27th January 1967
— 'WAIT FOR BUDGET'
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THE COST of abolishing the tax on fuel for public road transport would be about £32m. year in addition to repayments to bus operators amounting to about £7m. a year, said Mr. John Diamond, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, in the Commons this week. But he refused to be drawn when asked if the Chancellor would reduce or abolish the tax—The Budget statement could not be anticipated, said Mr. Diamond.