HC Deb 17 July 1978 vol 954 c52W
Sir John Rodgers

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the fact that diesel engines consume less fuel and save money, as opposed to petrol engines, why diesel fuels are more heavily taxed than petrol.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend gave to the hon. Member for Derbyshire, South-East (Mr. Rost) on 23rd March.—[Vol. 946, c. 1719.]