§ 34. Mr. Gummerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider ways of ensuring that the tax on petrol does not bear specially heavily in rural areas.
§ Mr. Peter ReesAll aspects of taxation are kept under review. The position of rural motorists was one of the factors which my right hon. and learned Friend took into account in his recent Budget when he decided to increase the vehicle excise duty and not to place the whole burden of the increase in motoring taxation on to the duty on petrol.