§ 51. Sir P. GOFFasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that owing to the inadequacy of the phrasing of the general rule, No. 19, of the Income Tax Act, 1918, numerous people in poor circumstances who, having assisted State housing by purchasing their houses under schemes approved by the Ministry of Health, are being made to bear the additional burden of Income Tax in spite of the fact that their incomes from their employments are far below the taxable scale, and have in some cases been threatened with distraint notices whilst unemployed; and will he look into the matter?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI do not understand how the burden of Income Tax has fallen upon the people to whom my hon. 198 Friend refers, but if he will let me have particulars of any cases in which difficulty has arisen, I will gladly have them investigated and will communicate to him the result of my inquiries.