CAPTAIN BALFOUR (Middlesex, Hornsey)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether incumbents of the Church of England, whose income is under £2,000 per annum, and is paid by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners from dividends arising out of stock held in trust for the benefice, can claim the abatement of 3d. in the pound on earned incomes; and whether they can claim the same abatement under Schedule A.
(Answered by Mr. Asquith) The Answer to the hon. and gallant Member's Question, if my proposals are accepted by Parliament, is in the affirmative.