HC Deb 10 July 1941 vol 373 c311
51. Mr. Mander

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the advisability of publishing the names of British subjects who have left the country and are refusing to pay sums of Income and Surtax owing?

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Kingsley Wood)

My hon. Friend's suggestion is not one which, as at present advised, I should feel justified in adopting.

Mr. Mander

Has the right hon. Gentleman any objection to my publishing some of these names?

Sir K. Wood

The hon. Member would have to consider the law of libel, slander, and matters of that kind.