§ 12. Mr. HARDIEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has now received the Report of the Indian Taxation Committee; if so, is he able to inform the House what measures of relief of taxation the Committee re- 1627 commend; and whether the Committee have suggested methods of securing the total elimination of liquor revenue in view of the growing demand for prohibition in India?
§ Earl WINTERTONA copy of the Report which has only recently been submitted and which is under the consideration of the Government of India has been placed in the Library. I would refer the hon. Member to pages 442–3, where the Committee specify the principal modifications in taxation which they suggest both by way of remission and substitution for existing taxes. As regards the financial effect of a policy of prohibition, I would refer the hon. Member to paragraph 227 of the Report.