HC Deb 15 February 1934 vol 285 c2077
64. Mr. GROVES

asked the Minister of Transport the number of special goods vehicles, exceeding 11 tons in weight unladen, licensed and operated by showmen and chargeable with duty under paragraph 5 of the Second Schedule to the Finance Act, 1920, as amended by the Finance Act, 1933?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of TRANSPORT (Lieut.-Colonel Headlam)

The amended scale of licence duty for showmen's vehicles prescribed by the Finance Act, 1933, only came into operation on the 1st January, 1934, and I am therefore unable to give the information for which the hon. Member asks. The number of showmen's special goods vehicles over 4 tons in weight unladen in respect of which licences were current at any time during the quarter ended 30th September, 1933, was 60.