HC Deb 18 December 1953 vol 522 cc140-1W
Mr. Beswick

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether his attention has been called to the fact that travelling shops are subject to the transport levy provided for in Section12 of the Transport Act, 1953; and if he will consider taking steps to exempt these vehicles, having regard to the fact that they are made so much heavier by the weight of shop fittings which form part of them.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Travelling shops are subject to the transport levy since they are classified for Excise duty purposes as goods vehicles and do not fall within any of the categories which are exempt from the levy. I have no power to alter the incidence of the levy which is governed by the TransportAct, 1953.