§ MR. HICKS BEACHI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the event of members of a village rifle club receiving temporary permission to shoot rooks from the local landlord, he will direct the Inland Revenue authorities not to enforce the taking out of a gun licence, which such use of a rifle technically involves.
§ MR. RUNCIMANI see no reason for any such concession.
§ MR. HICKS BEACHBut in view of the stimulus this would give to rifle practice cannot the Government give way on this?
§ MR. RUNCIMANWe are not prepared to diminish the revenue in this way.