HC Deb 25 March 1919 vol 114 cc214-5
52. Mr. GODFREY LOCKER-LAMPSON

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if there are any circumstances under which an interim repayment claim in respect of Income Tax can be made by a married woman living with her husband?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Chamberlain)

Yes, Sir. If an application for separate treatment has been made, a married woman can claim an interim repayment under the same conditions as any other person.

Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON

Can she do that if she is married?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I am informed she can do it on the same conditions as any other person.

55. Mr. SWAN

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is prepared to provide in his forthcoming Budget for an allowance of £25 per annum from Income Tax to working-class parents who keep children over sixteen years of age going to school for higher educational purposes, as the existing tax is likely to deter education and otherwise prevent bright children of the poor from educational equipment?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given on the 20th ult. to a similar question by my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle North.