§ 41. Mr. BOWERMANasked whether, with one exception, the companies comprising the Beef Trust of Chicago, operating in Smithfield Market and elsewhere in this country, have paid no Income Tax for a period of about ten years, although their aggregate overturn in this country is something like £20,000,000 per annum; whether this matter has been before the Solicitors' Department at Somerset House for over two years; and whether any proceedings have been taken against the companies in question; and, if so, with what result?
§ Mr. MONTAGUI am communicating with my hon. Friend on this subject.