§ Sir T. ROBINSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that the Report of the Departmental Committee on the Taxation and Regulation of Motor Vehicles is not to be issued before June, he can assure the House that it will be available in June; does he propose to keep open for further consideration any questions relating to the method of taxation of motor cars generally, and especially the incidence of such taxation as applied to cars which are unfairly taxed on the present method of computing rating; whether the recommendations of such Committee will be dealt with so that any alteration of the present method of taxation will be effective on 1st January, 1925; and whether any adjustment can have effect on 1st Jury, 1924?
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§ Mr. GOSLINGI have been asked to reply. I have every reason to anticipate that the Report of the Committee will reach me in June. I cannot make any statement as to possible changes in the existing system of taxation until I have had an opportunity of considering the Report. Certain concessions, which it is proposed shall come into operation on 1st January, 1925, have already been announced in the Financial Statement of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Any further changes which may be made, as a result of the Committee's Report, will require legislation, and cannot in any case become operative by 1st July next.