Vehicle Excise Duty

HC Deb 20 April 1999 vol 329 cc492-3W

Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what investigations he carried out into the levels of emissions from cars of under 1100 cc before reducing the vehicle excise duty on those vehicles; and if he will make a statement. [81258]

Ms Hewitt

[holding answer 19 April 1999]: My right hon. Friend the Chancellor proposed reducing VED on the smallest cars in the 1998 Budget. He issued a consultation document setting out the options for reforming vehicle excise duty with the Pre-Budget Report in November last year and took into account a range of factors before deciding to reduce VED on cars under 1100cc by £55.