Ulster Commercial Vehicles (Irish Republic Import Duty)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 April 1954.

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Photo of Mr Alan McKibbin Mr Alan McKibbin , Belfast East 12:00, 8 April 1954

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that owners of commercial vehicles in the Irish Republic can bring such vehicles across the border into Ulster on payment of an annual fee of 2s. 6d., whereas owners in Ulster have to pay an import duty of one-third the value of the vehicle even if only one journey is made; and whether he will take action to remove this anomaly either by raising the import duty or by making representations to the Government of the Irish Republic, with a view to achieving reciprocity.