§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the ratio 732W exemption from vehicle excise duty for a Motability car and for a car registered in the name of a recipient of mobility allowance.
§ Sir Geoffrey Howe[pursuant to his reply, 11 December 19791]: Any disabled person who is supplied with a vehicle through Motability is able to obtain exemption from vehicle excise duty, subject to the usual provisions, laid down in section 8 of the Finance Act 1978, that the vehicle is used by or for his purposes. In answering the right hon. Gentleman's earlier question concerning the normal tax position of lessees my hon. and learned Friend the Minister of State, assumed this situation to be what he had in mind.