§ 44. Mr. SNOWDENasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state why, in view of his statement on 9th October, 1912, that he would consider the question of amending the Income Tax Law so as to obviate the necessity of imprisoning the husband for the non-payment of the tax on the wife's income, over which he has no control, and his further statement to a deputation on 10th June last that the present state of the law on the matter is a humiliation against which married women are entitled to protest, he has not dealt with the matter in the Revenue Bill?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI have already indicated the reasons which have made it expedient to limit the scope of the present Revenue Bill. I hope it will be possible to deal with the position of married women as regards Income Tax in Committee on the Finance Bill.