§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the classes of vehicle currently exempt from vehicle excise duty for which vehicle excise duty will become payable from 1 July; and if he will give the amount of vehicle excise duty that will be payable in each class.
§ Mr. Norris[pursuant to his reply, 27 January 1995, c. 383]: The information requested is as follows:
Current exempt class Proposed class Proposed duty Special vehicles Road roller road rollers £135 (under 3.5 tonnes) £150 (over 3.5 tonnes) Road construction Street cleansing PLG or HGV £135—1£5,000 Street lighting Vehicles used for short journeys between private land 2as appropriate £15—1£5,000 Special concessionary Electric electric Gritter gritter £35 Snowplough snowplough 1 No increase of more than £1,000 in first year of vehicle relicensing from 1 July 1995. 2 Vehicles will license in appropriate new classes; the majority in special concessionary.