§ 27. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the nature and extent of the use of British roads by vehicular traffic drivers as contrasted with the nature and extent of the use of British roads by pedestrians, if he will take steps to re-apportion the incidence of taxation in respect of roads between such users.
§ Mr. Selwyn LloydI am afraid I cannot anticipate my Budget statement.
§ Mr. HughesIs it not practical and useful in this way to build up a kind of insurance fund to be contributed to by delinquent motorists, who could thereby be made to pay compensation to the victims of their negligence in addition to any compensation that the victims might get in the law courts?
§ Mr. LloydI am grateful to the hon. and learned Member for partially clarifying his Question. I was not quite certain whether he was advocating a tax on pedestrians.