HC Deb 14 July 1927 vol 208 cc2295-7
27. Mr. HARDIE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the volume of our trade in 1913, the amount of money brought under the review of the Income Tax Commissioners in that year, and the corresponding figures for 1925–26.

Mr. McNEILL

I would refer the hon. Member to page 281 of the Statistical Abstract of the United Kingdom (Command Paper 2849) and to page 88 of the 67th Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (Command Paper 2227) and to page 79 of their 69th Report (Command Paper 2783).

Mr. HARDIE

If it was possible, when I last put down a Question of this kind, to get the answer in the proper way why should I be given to-day a reply by reference?

Mr. McNEILL

If the hon. Member will make use of the reference I have given him, I think he will get the full st information on the subject.

Mr. HARDIE

But I have seen these pages in the various documents to which I have been referred, and they do not give the answer to my question. If I put down the Question next week, will the right hon. Gentleman try to get me the answer as he did before?

Mr. McNEILL

I am afraid if these pages do not give the hon. Member the information for which he is seeking I shall not be able to get it. It is the fullest information on the subject.

Mr. HARDIE

How is it that the last time a Question was put, word for word with this, a proper answer was given? Why has that been departed from? Why cannot the right hon. Gentleman give an answer as he did before to this same Question—I mean the same Question in relation to last year?

28. Mr. HARDIE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amounts brought under the survey of the Income Tax Commissioners for 1919 and 1926; the total amounts collected under the headings Income Tax, Super-tax, Death Duties, and Excess Profits Duty for the same years; and the amounts left in the hands of those subjected to those duties?

Mr. McNEILL

If the hon. Member will refer to the tables on page 79 of the 69th Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (Command Paper No. 2783), he will find particulars of the gross income brought under review and the actual income assessed for the year 1919–20, and estimates of the same for the year 1925–26 (the latest year for which figures are available). Details of the net receipt of Income Tax, Super-tax, Death Duties, and Excess Profits Duty for those years are shown in Table 4 on page 9 of that Report.

Mr. HARDIE

Yes, and you will get some more questions.