HC Deb 20 April 1978 vol 948 cc344-5W
Mr. Adley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the rate of industrial building allowance he has announced for hotels is lower than for other industrial buildings.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

Hotels are not industrial buildings, and there is no reason why the capital allowances for hotel buildings proposed in my right hon. Friend's Budget Statement should necessarily be at the same rates as the present allowances for industrial buildings.