HC Deb 03 April 1941 vol 370 c1162
49. Mrs. Tate

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, for the duration of the war, he will, for Income Tax purposes, assess the earnings of women engaged on work of national importance separately from those of their husbands?

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Captain Crookshank)

My hon. Friend will not expect my right hon. Friend to anticipate his Budget Statement.

Mrs. Tate

Is not my right hon. and gallant Friend aware that, realising the calls upon his Department at the present moment, I couched this Question in extraordinarily moderate language and that I expected some justice in his reply?