§ 4. Captain ERSKINE-BOLSTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is by his recommendation that, whereas no motor-car tax is paid by all heads of missions permanently accredited to the Court of St. James, nor by all senior councillors of embassies and legations, nor by naval, military, and air attaches thereof, yet two-thirds of the normal tax has to be paid by all other foreign members of the diplomatic corps in Great Britain; and whether he will endeavour to obtain equivalent treatment for all such persons, in view of the fact that many senior diplomatic officials are receiving less favourable treatment in this respect than their juniors?
§ Mr. EDENThe decision was taken after careful consideration by the Departments of His Majesty's Government concerned, and, in present circumstances, it is not proposed to vary it.