asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the recent two-thirds increase in horse-power tax coupled with the general reduction of permitted mileage to one-quarter, has multiplied the tax on motoring nearly seven times, and that the tax on very old motor cars is sometimes as much as the value of the motor car itself; and, in view of the fact that the garage industry throughout the country is suffering from the most severe depression in the history of this industry, will he consider a reduction of the horse-power tax on motor cars, and, in particular, in regard to secondhand motor cars, three years old and over?

I am afraid that my right hon. Friend cannot anticipate his Budget Statement.