§ MR. M'CRAE (Edinburgh, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the date on which threatening notices have been issued in London for the recovery of Income Tax due to be paid on or before 1st January last; and, if these notices have not yet been issued, whether he can state on what date it is proposed to issue the same; and whether he can give similar information with regard to any of the other towns in England.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINIt is not possible at such short notice to give the date of the issue of the notices to which the hon. Member refers for any particular district. The general instructions to the officials charged with the duty of collecting the Income Tax in England are to the effect that the second notices, which demand payment within ten days, are to be sent out 21 days after the issue of the first, or on the 22nd of January, whichever date may be the later. If this notice be not attended to, then the third notice, threatening recovery by restraint, becomes issuable.
§ MR. M'CRAEI will put down another Question for Friday.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINI will try to get the information by then.