§ 48. Mr. EDMUND TURTONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that a letter was addressed by the County Councils' Association to the Secretary to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue on the 20th February, 1922, applying to the Commissioners to allow such portion of the County Fund as is equivalent to the amount of capital transferred from the Police Pensions Fund to be regarded as a police superannuation fund for the purposes of Section 32 of the Finance Act, 1921; whether he is aware that, despite further letters written on the 29th September, 1922, and the 2nd January, 1923, the association have not received any communication from the Commissioners other than a letter written on the 25th November, 1922, to the effect that the question had been referred to their solicitor; and will he say when the association may expect to receive a definite reply?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSA definite reply has now been sent to the association.