§ 49. Mr. COMPTONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is prepared to appoint a committee to inquire into the advisability of an advertisement tax and to report on the amount of revenue likely to be derived from a tax on all advertisements in newspapers, periodicals and on hoardings, electric signs, etc.?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThis matter has, of course, in former years received close examination in the Treasury, and I do not consider that the appointment of a committee is necessary.
§ Mr. COMPTONAre we to understand that the Government are not prepared to take into consideration this potential source of revenue, instead of continuing to impose taxation on the people who are least able to bear it?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLNo, Sir. The hon. Member should not understand anything of the kind. We shall take into consideration every possible source of revenue, and, at the proper season of the year, we shall announce what selection we have made from among those sources.
§ Mr. COMPTONI hope the right hon. Gentleman will tale this one next month.