HC Deb 19 March 1936 vol 310 c610
69. Mr. HEPWORTH

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that the Salter Committee recommended that the total taxation payable by commercial road transport in this country should not exceed £23,500,000 per annum, and that the revenue obtained from this source is now substantially in excess of that figure, he will consider how he can remit a portion of such taxation at an early date with the object of assisting industry to pay greater profits, to the ultimate benefit of the country and the revenue from other forms of taxation?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I must ask my hon. Friend to await my Budget statement.

Mr. THORNE

Will the right hon. Gentleman give a pledge not to pinch from the Road Fund any more money this year than he did last year?