Clause 18 - Motorcycles (and motorcycle trade licences): rates of duty
Finance Bill
10:30 am
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton, Liberal Democrat)
I rise to congratulate the Government on a long-overdue measure, which I am sure will be welcomed by the many motorcyclists across the country, particularly the 600,000 of them whom we are told will benefit.
I have a probing question for the Financial Secretary. Will he tell the Committee—I presume that this was because of the consultation—why the Government decided to base the structure of VED for motorcycles on engine size as opposed to CO2 emissions, which is the basis of the structure for motor vehicles?