§ Mr. SEARSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the advisability of extending Section 10 of The Finance Act, 1901, as amended by Section 7 of The Finance Act, 1902, to make it apply to contracts for letting motor vehicles en hire, as well as to contracts for the purchase of goods, and thereby give to motor vehicle contractors the legal right 1665W to recover from their customers the amount of the petrol tax in the case of contracts for hiring entered into prior to the passing of the Finance Bill?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEI am not aware of the terms of the contracts for hiring to which my hon. Friend refers, or whether the contracts can be regarded as providing for the sale to the hirer of the motor vehicle of the petrol to be used therewith. Perhaps my hon. Friend will send me a form of the contract, and I shall then be in a position further to consider his question.