Mr. CHAMBERLAINThere is another subject in regard to motor spirit, namely, motor spirit licences. The motor spirit licence duty was imposed as a war measure to restrict the use of private motor cars at the time of shortage. Its revenue effect was purely secondary. The necessity for restriction has now gone. The Licence Duty was collected by the Petrol Control Department of the Board of Trade, a Department which, I think, did its work extremely well but which is now in process of being dissolved. I am told that if we abolish this small Licence Duty, with all its anomalies, we shall at the same time enable the Board of Trade to put an end to the employment of this Department with its 300 officials. In that matter, as I anticipated, the Committee will support me.