§ 38. Mr. Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the categories of persons who are excused from paying the petrol tax; and whether he will resist the suggestion now being proposed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, that American Service men in Great Britain shall be excused payment of this tax.
Mr. AmoryAs individual users, those entitled under diplomatic privilege, and, since 1st March, members of the United116W States forces using their private cars on duty journeys. The latter concesesion is on a ration basis. The initiative for it did not come from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.