§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the advisability of making arrangements so that Colonel A. B. Williams, now acting as paymaster at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, should not also act as assessor and collector of income duty for the establishment.
LORD STANLEYUnder the present procedure the paymaster supplies the surveyor of taxes with information as to the wages of the men whose earnings render them liable to income duty, and collects from them the amounts that official states to be due. The money is not deducted from the men's wages, but voluntarily paid to the paymaster. There appears to be no reason whatever for altering this procedure, nor does the hon. Member offer any.