§ Mr. Fryasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether, following the decision to reduce the rate of duty on petrol in August to its pre-Budget level, the estimated ratio of the motor taxation income and the public road costs attributable to any class of vehicle during the financial year 1977–78, on the same basis as the information on page 112 of the Government consultative document on transport policy, is expected to fall below one to one; and if non-business cars are still expected to pay two and a half times their costs or 2.5 to 1.
§ Mr. William RodgersNo class of vehicle will have a revenue to cost ratio below 1:1. For non-business cars the ratio, including car tax, will be 2.3:1.