No Joy on Fuel Tax T O relieve buses of Customs
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duty on dery would cost about £31m. in a full year—and it would go much wider than that, said Mr. Reginald Maudling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the Commons this week. He asked the House to reject an Opposition amendment to introduce this concession, and this was done by 205 votes to 161.
It would be very difficult to draw the line at the fuel used in buses, said Mr. Maudling. There were two forms of fuel used, petrol and diesel, and it was very difficult to maintain the duty on one and not on the other. Secondly, if one started to do something for road passenger transport, it would be very difficult indeed to prevent it spreading to other forms of transport. Road haulage and other forms of transport could make a good case for it, said the Chancellor.