HC Deb 23 March 1932 vol 263 cc1037-8
50. Mr. CHALMERS

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in framing the Budget proposals, he will refrain from proposing to spend capital taxation as revenue; and whether he will confine the expenditure of taxation of capital to the reduction of debt?

Major ELLIOT

My hon. Friend must not expect me to anticipate the Budget Statement.

Mr. CHALMERS

Is it not a fact that capital taxation is being spent as income in every country since the War; and is not that the major cause of unemployment?