§ R. BRODIE (Surrey, Reigate)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has recently been drawn to the nuisance and damage caused by motor vehicles in districts on the outskirts of London and other large towns; and whether he can see his way to advising the Chancellor of the Exchequer to impose some further special tax on motor vehicles, the proceeds to be allocated to the local authorities in the districts particularly affected, as, for instance, the various districts between London and Brighton, in order that same may be spent on watering roads and compensating farmers and householders whose crops and property are being damaged.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) I have received numerous complaints on this subject, and I have communicated them to the Royal Commission on Motor Cars, who are considering the matter. The Chancellor stated on the 21st instant †, in reply to the hon. Member for the Wycombe Division, that he thought the consideration of a suggestion similar to that made in the Question should be postponed until the Commission had presented their Report.