0 a type of liquid fuel used especially in trucks
If my arithmethic is right when converting litres to gallons, the amendment will reduce the increase on petrol and derv by 5p.
If they were men of principle, every one of them would have abstained from voting on the reduction of derv duty.
The industry produces about 19 million gallons of oil, derv and motor spirit, a year.
The substantial point is simply the one about derv for buses.
The estimate for all road fuel in 1975–76 is £1,400 million; separate estimates for motor spirit and derv are not available.
An increase in duty of lp on a gallon of petrol and derv would produce about £58 million additional annual revenue.
This order will increase the cost of living for working people, but the reduction in the taxation on derv will not be felt at all.
When that figure was disturbed by the cut in the tax on derv, the logical way to replace it was to look at those concessions.
