§ 37. Sir ARTHUR SHIRLEY BENNasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware of the volume of work caused by war conditions, and particularly the new Excess Profits Duty, which has fallen upon the senior surveyors of taxes; and will he say what increase of salary or war bonus has been given to senior surveyors in charge of most important districts whose ordinary salaries are upward of £550 per annum, and who are, in some cases, men with large families dependent upon them?
§ Mr. BALDWINI am well aware of the severe pressure entailed upon surveyors of taxes generally, and especially upon senior surveyors, by the requirements of war finance. Some improvement in the position has already been effected, and a further representation from the Board of Inland Revenue on the same matter is now under consideration by the Treasury.