§ 51. Mr. GODFREY LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Prime Minister whether the Cabinet as a whole have considered the question of altering the present system of Income Tax on married persons?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe Budget as a whole will, of course, be considered by the Cabinet before its introduction.
§ Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONHas this particular question been considered?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI have no doubt, largely owing to the perseverance of my hon. Friend, that it has been considered by individual members of the Cabinet, but not by the Cabinet as a whole.
§ 57. Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered the possibility of paying for the cost of removing the joint Income Tax assessment on married persons out of a higher tax on large incomes?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI can only give the same answer to my hon. Friend. I am unable to anticipate my Budget statement.
§ 58. Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONasked whether repayment of tax on a married woman's income is in any cases made not to her but to her husband?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe position was explained to my hon. Friend in a reply-given by the Secretary to the Treasury on the 27th February last.