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Mr. Ron Brown
asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether the General Electric Company or any other company has expressed an interest in acquiring the
| Petrol | Heating oils* | ||||
| Date of change | Rate of duty (per gallon) | Change in† duty (per gallon) | Rate of duty (per gallon) | Change in† duty (per gallon) | |
| p | p | p | p | ||
| 1945 | 34½ | 3½ | |||
| 1947 | l5 April | nil | -3½ | ||
| 1950 | 18 April | 60 | +30½ | ||
| 1951 | l0 April | 71 | +14½ | ||
| 1952 | 11 March | 86 | +21 | ||
| 1956 | 4 December | 100½ | +28½ | ||
| 1957 | 9 April | 71 | -28½ | ||
| 1961 | 17 April | 4 | +4 | ||
| 1962 | 10 April | 68½ | +6½ | ||
| 1964 | 11 November | 75½ | +11½ | ||
| 1967 | 11 April | 75½ | +7 | 4 | +½ |
| 1968 | 19 March | 80½ | +7 | ||
| 1969 | 15 April | 86 | +11 | 4 | +½ |
| 1976 | 9 April | 51½ | +13 | ||
| 1977 | 29 March | 52½ | +7½ | 3½ | +2 |
| 8 August | 43 | -7 | |||
| 1979 | 12 June | 44 | +8 | 3½ | +½ |
| 1980 | 26 March | 47½ | +9 | 3½ | +½ |
| *Fuel oil and gas oil. Kerosene was generally chargeable with the same effective rate of duty as other heating oils until March 1977 when the Budget left unchanged the effective rate on Kerosene, other than aviation kerosene. | |||||
| †10 per cent. surcharges were imposed on hydrocarbon oils from 26 July 1961—9 April 1962, 21 July 1966—11 April 1967 and 22 November 1968—15 April 1969. | |||||