asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will initiate consultations with the trade interests concerned to secure a means of overcoming the administrative difficulties which are at present an obstacle to granting tax relief in respect of white spirit and light hydrocarbon oils used for industrial purposes.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will initiate consultations with the trade interests concerned to secure a means of overcoming the administrative difficulties which are at present an obstacle to granting tax relief in respect of light hydrocarbon oil used by the aircraft manufacturing industry.

I do not think that such consultations would serve any useful purpose. If the interests concerned have any further proposals to put forward, I should be glad to consider them, but it has been made clear by successive Governments since the tax was introduced in 1928 that the administrative difficulties are only one of the factors to be taken into account.