HC Deb 24 June 1926 vol 197 cc537-8
34.Sir HARRY BRITTAIN

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has received a request from the retail trading community of Acton asking that the cooperative societies should be treated on the same basis as themselves for the purposes of taxation; and what has been the nature of his reply?

Mr. McNEILL

There is no record of the receipt of the request to which my hon. Friend refers. With regard to the taxation of co-operative societies, I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of a reply which was given on the subject to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston-on-Thames on the 8th June.

Sir H. BRITTAIN

Will the right hon. Gentleman be good enough to make inquiries from his colleague in the Post Office as to what has happened to this interesting communication?

Sir F. HALL

If the right lion Gentleman receives this communication, will he give it his careful consideration, so that there will be equity between the ordinary shopkeeper and co-operative societies?

Major COLFOX

Is there not a very widespread feeling in that sense throughout the country?