HC Deb 21 April 1936 vol 311 cc24-5
51. Lieut.-Commander FLETCHER

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any statement to make regarding the Report of the Income Tax Codification Committee?

55. Sir WILLIAM DAVISON

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the proposals of the Government with reference to putting into effect the recommendations of the Committee on Income Tax Codification?

Mr. W. S. MORRISON

My right hon. Friend will hardly be expected to have been able to devote much time as yet to the study of the Report of the Income Tax Codification Committee, for which we are all so greatly indebted to Lord Macmillan and his colleagues. It will be necessary to examine the proposals carefully from the point of view of the Exchequer and this examination has already been put in hand. My right hon. Friend has undertaken, in response to requests made in this House, to give consideration to recommendations which important representative bodies may wish to make on the proposals of the Committee. It is hope that the bodies concerned will lose no time in examining the Report and bringing to our notice any matters on which they feel it is necessary for them to make recommendations.