§ Mr. COURTHOPEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Members of the medical profession who desire to claim the rebate of 1½d. per gallon upon the petrol used by them in their practice are required to attend at the office of an officer of Customs and Excise in order to sign the requisite declaration and produce the proofs necessary to satisfy the officer; and whether he will consider the possibility of allowing the rebate to be claimed in a less inconvenient manner?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEAs a general rule it is thought desirable that applications for rebate of Motor Spirit Duty should be signed in the presence of an official of the Customs and Excise Department, but 1110 officers are instructed not to insist upon this requirement in any case in which it would entail inconvenience to a claimant and where there is no doubt as to the correctness of the claim.
§ Mr. COURTHOPEHas notice been given of this?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSENot yet. My attention has been called to it only by the hon. Gentleman's question. I will undertake that it shall be circulated at a very early date.