HC Deb 25 November 1952 vol 508 c30W
81. Mr. Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of revenue derived by the Treasury during the first six months of this year due to the incidence of Purchase Tax on new cars.

Mr. R. A. Butler

Receipts of Purchase Tax from passenger motor cars in the first six months of the present financial year amounted to about £26 million.