§ SIR WILLIAM BULL (Hammersmith)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1659 whether his attention has been called to the fact that, owing to the staff for dealing with income-tax repayment claims not being sufficiently large to deal with them without delay, claims are left in abeyance for four months without being attended to; and whether, under these circumstances, he will consider the advisability of provision being made to pay claimants interest on the money to which they are entitled at the time of making their claim.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) I beg to refer the hon. Member to the Answer given by me on the 28th ultimo to the hon. Member for East Down. Under the present law interest cannot be claimed or allowed, and I do not think it necessary or advisable that the law in this respect should be altered.