§ 73. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the evasion of the payment of the road fund duty by thousands of owners of road vehicles, he will take steps to ensure that this duty is paid by all owners of road vehicles, or if, on the evidence available to him, the collection of this cannot be enforced, he will seek to abolish it.
§ Mr. DiamondThe steps already being taken ensure collection in all but a very small percentage of cases; and my right hon. Fr end the Minister of Transport is considering ways of making enforcement of the law still more effective.
§ 74. Mr. Macdonaldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why exemption from paying Excise Duty is not granted to totally-disabled persons in respect of motor vehicles driven by another person but owned by and used exclusively for the totally-disabled person, in view of the fact that exemption may be granted to partially-disabled persons.
§ Mr. DiamondExemption can only be granted to vehicles which can be seen by the police and others to possess specially modified controls.