§ MR. WHALLEYsaid, with reference to the Grant to Her Majesty of tenpence in the pound on Property and Incomes, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury how he proposes to carry out the financial arrangement submitted by Her Majesty's Government to this House, and on the faith of which such Grant of ten-pence in the pound was made? In the absence of the noble Lord, perhaps some other Member of the Government will answer the question.
SIR GEORGE LEWISSir, the only answer I can give to the question of the hon. Member is that the Act for the provision of the Income Tax of tenpence in the pound, having been passed by both branches of the Legislature and received the assent of the Crown, has become the law of the land, and it is the duty of the Commission of Inland Revenue to carry it into effect in the same manner as previous Acts for the same purpose.
§ MR. WHALLEYsaid, his question did not refer to the Income Tax, but to the financial arrangements (of which the Income Tax formed part) that had been submitted to the House by the Government.
SIR GEORGE LEWISI do not know how I can answer the hon. Gentleman's question more directly than I have done, but he heard the statement of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exche- 2035 quer the other night, who gave a full exposition of the views of the Government with respect to the supplementary Ways and Means necessary for the rest of the year. I have nothing whatever to add to that exposition, and I apprehend that if the hon. Member repeats this question as to the financial arrangements of the year, either to the First Lord of the Treasury or the Chancellor of the Exchequer, they can only adhere to that statement. I understood the hon. Gentleman to refer to the Income Tax. If that was not the subject of his inquiry, then I apprehend the full and very clear statement of my right hon. Friend would furnish a complete answer to his question.