§ MR. SEARS (Cheltenham)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the resolution passed by the Associated Chambers of Commerce, at Bristol, on the 11th ultimo, regretting that nothing had been done by the Departmental Committee on Income Tax to remove the unsatisfactory features in the law and practice as they now exist, and expressing the opinion that the time has arrived when the whole of the Income Tax Acts should be reconsidered and codified; will he say whether he will give consideration to the views expressed by the Associated Chambers of Commerce.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. ASQUITH,) Fifeshire, E.I have received a copy of a resolution, passed at the meeting referred to, to the effect that the meeting was of opinion that the time had arrived when the whole of the Income Tax Acts should be reconsidered and codified, and I have replied that this expression of opinion should have my careful attention.