§ Mr. WILLIAM PEELasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is prepared to reconsider his decision to charge for Income Tax the Local Taxation Licence Offices for the county of Somerset in the borough of Taunton, in view of the fact that during the last four months of 1910 the local authority for the county collected additional Motor Car Licence Duty under the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, amounting to no less than £2,481 13s. 6d. for the benefit of the National Exchequer?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe Board of Inland Revenue are advised that the premises in question are chargeable to Income Tax, Schedule A under the provisions of the Income Tax Acts, and the facts adduced by the hon. Member do not legally justify the suggested remission of that duty.
§ Mr. SANDERSWhat is the subtle distinction by which the offices of the Chief Constable and the Inspector of Weights and Measures escape this charge while the Local Taxation Licence Office does not?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI think I should like notice of that. I am afraid I did not catch the whole terms of the question.