HC Deb 19 June 1956 vol 554 cc77-8W
Mr. Nabarro

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will include in his list of fuel-saving plant which he proposes should qualify for investment allowances, downjet furnaces, steam and electric oil heaters, pass-out turbines and their ancillary equipment, oil separators, steam accumulators and all types of oxygen recorders and pyrometers, whether or not used to measure flue gas temperature; and whether he will given an assurance that any list which he approves initially in this connection will not be final and that arrangements will be made to permit additional items to be introduced from time to time without difficulty in the light of technological changes.

Mr. H. Macmillan

On the advice of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Fuel and Power, I have decided to include pass-out turbines and their ancillary equipment and also steam accumulators in the list. My hon. Friend's other suggestions will be carefully considered. As regards the last part of the Question, the terms of Subsection (4) of Clause 12 of the Finance Bill were designed to meet the point my hon. Friend has in mind.