HC Deb 08 November 1967 vol 753 cc140-1W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much the wine and spirit duty or the fuel tax or the tobacco tax, respectively, would have to be increased to cover a loss in revenue of £462 million per annum.

Mr. Harold Lever

Given the consequences for consumption, no realistic increase in the rates of any of these duties would be likely to produce additional revenue of this magnitude.

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