§ 73. Mr. LEACHasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, among his reforms, he will impose a tax upon motor omnibuses and other heavy motor vehicles, which cause expense to local authorities by breaking up the roads?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe answer is in the negative.
§ Captain MURRAYMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether it is not a fact that the farmers and others in the country have not to bear the whole cost?
Mr. CATHCART WASONWill the right hon. Gentleman appoint a Departmental Commission to inquire into this matter of these large motor vehicles, which are getting heavier every year, causing enormous expenditure to the ratepayers?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe question is under consideration, but it is rather a question for my right hon. Friend the President of the Local Government Board, and the imposition of Licence Duty rather than for the Budget. There is a good deal to be said for the suggestion.