§ 34. Mr. HORNBYasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he is aware that British exporters are called upon to pay Income Tax and Unemployment Relief Tax to the Government of New South Wales on profits assumed to 991 be made on goods sold in that state; and whether he will arrange for the matter to be raised at the Ottawa Conference with a view to the removal of this burden or the application of a corresponding measure here?
Mr. THOMASI am aware of the provisions of the New South Wales Unemployment Relief Tax Act, 1931, to which my hon. Friend refers. In effect, it provides that any person who is liable to Income Tax in New South Wales is liable also to an additional tax of one shilling in the pound which is credited to the Unemployment Relief Fund. The matter is a domestic one to the State of New South Wales, and not one in which His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom would be in a position to make representations at the Ottawa Conference.