§ MR. SCLATER-BOOTHasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, now that the Income Tax Collection (Public Departments) Bill has been withdrawn, What steps, if any, he proposes to take, in order to give effect to the recommendations of the Committee of Public Accounts of the year 1871, having reference to that subject?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, in reply, said, the Government found it necessary to introduce a Bill empowering the taking away the collection of income tax from certain persons who were remunerated under existing Acts. That Bill, however, encountered objection, which at this period of the Session was equivalent to rejection, and it had consequently been withdrawn. The Government would consider the matter during the Recess, in the hope of bringing in a measure under better auspices next Session.