§ 101. Mr. WATTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has recently received a Petition from the Corporation of Glasgow and the county councils of Lanark, Renfrew, and Dumbarton and the town councils of Paisley and Dumbarton, and from the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants' House, Trades' House, Institute of Accountants and Actuaries, and Faculty of Procurators, all of the city of Glasgow, praying that a fully equipped section of the Inland Revenue Department should be established in the West of Scotland to facilitate the business done in that populous part of Scotland with his Department; and, if so, will he say whether he will be able to accede to that Petition in view of the facts that more than half of the business with his Department and more than half of the population of Scotland are in the West, and that inconvenience is felt by the community in having to travel long distances to conduct their business with his Department?
§ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Lloyd George)I am unable to add anything to the answer I gave on the same subject to my hon. Friend the Member for Roxburgh on the 22nd instant.