HC Deb 16 February 1971 vol 811 c390W
76. Earl of Dalkeith

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the cost to the Revenue in a full year of a reduction of five new pence per gallon in petrol tax and fuel oil tax, respectively, in Scotland.

Mr. Maurice Macmillan

Assuming that regional differentiation was practicable, the cost for road fuel would be about £20 million. The duty on fuel oil is one new penny a gallon, and on the same assumption its abolition in Scotland would cost about £13 million.

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