§ MR. SEARSI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the multiplication of officials employed under the present system of assessing and collecting revenue under which the same taxpayer may be called on by an officer of the inland revenue to pay excise, by a collector of inland revenue to pay income-tax under Schedules D and E, by a local collector of taxes to pay income-tax under Schedules A and B, and by a surveyor of taxes or other officer of inland revenue for arrears; and whether he will consider the desirability of reforming the system on lines more consonant with economy and public convenience.
§ MR. MCKENNAIn the opinion of the Board of Inland Revenue there is at present no undue multiplication of officials employed in the assessing and collecting of revenue, but I will look into the matter.