HC Deb 11 December 1968 vol 775 c166W
Mr. John Hall

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why Purchase Tax at the rate of 33⅓ per cent. is imposed on school satchels with the short-carrying handle, designed to be easily seen in the dark and thus to give protection to schoolchildren against traffic hazards, in view of the fact that Purchase Tax is not levied on the conventional school satchel.

Mr. Harold Lever

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr. Harry Howarth) on Tuesday, 10th December.—[Vol. 775, c.80.]