§ 56. Sir G. Sinclairasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity under which criteria of the Government's prices and incomes policy the quadrupling of licence fees with effect from 1st April, 1968 for storage of petrol under the Miscellaneous Fees (Variation) Order 1968 was allowed; and whether the proposed increase was approved by the National Board for Prices and Incomes.
§ Mr. FernyhoughI am advised that these licence fees do not relate to prices for the sale of goods or charges for the performance of services and thus fall outside the scope of Section 2(1) of the Prices and Incomes Act, 1966. There had been no increase in these fees for 40 years.