§ MR. SEARS (Cheltenham)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that Mr. Humphry Evans, printer, High Street, Bala, is an assessor for purposes of income-tax, and that that gentleman delegates his duties as assessor to J. T. Jones, 6, Ffryndon Road, Bala, who issues the requisite forms stamped with his own address; is he aware that this practice is general; and will he state how the necessary secrecy is maintained in such cases.
(Answered by Mr. Asquith.) Mr. H. Evans is an assessor of income-tax for Bala. Mr. J. T. Jones is clerk to the Commissioners of Income-Tax for the district, and assists Mr. Evans with the clerical work of assessing. He is sworn to secrecy. So far as I am aware, the arrangement is unusual, but is not open to any apparent objection.