§ 40. Mr. HENDERSON STEWARTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the burdens imposed by the petrol tax on the garment dry-cleaning industry by adding 100 per cent. to the cost of the chief raw material of the industry; and if he will consider allowing a rebate on the petrol tax to this industry as was accorded to it before the War?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Hore-Belisha)I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to a similar question put by my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington South (Sir W. Davison) on 13th February.