HC Deb 08 July 1898 vol 61 cc335-6
MR. H. LEWIS (Flint Boroughs)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether clerks to the Land Tax Commissioners are bound to give notice to each Commissioner of Land Tax of the time and place at which meetings for the election of Commissioners of Income Tax are held; and whether the notice of such meetings appears otherwise than by way of advertisement in the London Gazette?

MR. HANBURY

Meetings of Land Tax Commissioners for the election of General Commissioners of Income Tax are by law convened by the Board of Inland Revenue by notice in the Gazette. There is no statutory provision for any further notice.

MR. H. LEWIS

May I ask whether it is not reasonable that notice should be given to the Land Tax Commissioners?

MR. HANBURY

So far as the Government is concerned, it has to see that the statutory provision is carried out.