§ 5. Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has studied the proposal submitted to him by the local government associations and the Greater London Council for the imposition of an additional local petrol tax; and whether he will make a statement on his attitude to this proposal.
§ Mr. Graham PageI would refer my hon. Friend to the Answer I gave on 24th May, 1972, to the Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mr. David Mitchell).—[Vol. 837, c. 395.]
§ Mr. RedmondWhile thanking my right hon. Friend for that half reply, may I ask him to take into account that a tax of this nature at this time and at the level suggested, 5p per gallon, would be wildly inflationary?
§ Mr. PageThis is being taken into account in the proposals which we are considering for a review of local government finance.