HC Deb 23 April 1888 vol 325 cc176-7
MR. CREMER (Shoreditch, Haggerston)

asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, under the proposed Horse Tax, cab and omnibus horses will be regarded as trade horses; if cab and omnibus horses are to be regarded as trade horses, whether the vehicles which they draw will continue to be classed as carriages, and be liable to the Carriage Tax; and, whether cabs will be classed as trade vehicles, and be liable to the Wheel Tax the same as carts and vans?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square)

As regards the hon. Member's first Question, cab and omnibus horses will certainly not be treated as pleasure horses. As regards his second Question, no alteration will be made in the existing law under which cabs and omnibuses are liable to Carriage Duty. As regards his third Ques- tion, these vehicles will not be liable to the Wheel Tax.