)Own-licensing call • to be stepped up
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IG PUSH to urge the Government to implement its downsing powers will be made "within weeks" by the Freight TransAssociation, reports ALAN MILLAR.
A director general Hugh herstone revealed this last k and he also hinted that the 'dation wants a freeze on cle excise duty rates in next ag's Budget.
le down-licensing call will lirect to Transport Secretary d Howell, who already has ers to introduce the mea. It would lead to operators ng tax at vehicles' maxin operating weight rather their gross vehicle weight. comes at a time of some :usion in the industry for le operators thought, ngly, that down-licensing to be introduced with gvw tion last month.
Ve are just at the point of ping up this campaign for Nn-licensing," Mr herstone told a Glasgow ;s conference.
a also indicated there was no on why the Chancellor of the lequer should need to inIse the present rates of exduty for lorries. The FTA's submission for the 1983 Budget has still to be prepared, but Mr Featherstone indicated it would also contain a strong appeal for dery tax to be held, at worst, at its present level, and preferably for the price advantage over petrol to be increased. He said that the depressed condition of industry was "reason enough" for a further comparative reduction in dery duty.
The FTA's newly announced outright opposition to tolls on bridges and tunnels will also form part of the submission, as the FTA wants the bill for these structures to be transferred to the national road bill.