§ Considered in Committee.
§ [Major MILNER in the Chair]
§ Motion made, and Question proposed,
§ "That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session relating to finance, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of annual allowances by way of compensation to any such collectors of taxes, collectors of land tax or other persons as may be designated by the Treasury, being collectors or other persons whose appointments are determined by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and who were employed in and about the collection of income tax or land tax in the division of the City of London immediately before the passing of the said Act.—(King's recommendation signified.)—[Mr. Dalton.]
§ Captain Crookshank (Gainsborough)I take it that this refers to the Finance Bill and not to a separate Finance Bill.
§ Mr. DaltonThe same Bill.
§ Sir William Darling (Edinburgh, South)These are not ordinary employers who are acting as tax collectors under the P.A.Y.E. system?
§ Mr. DaltonNo, Sir.
§ Sir Stanley Holmes (Harwich)If we fail to pass this Resolution to-night appointing these collectors after 31st March, 1946, does it mean that no one in the City of London will have to pay Income Tax or Land Tax after that date? If we do not pass the Resolution what will happen; and if we pass a Resolution concerning the City of London why not a Resolution with regard to the City of Glasgow or some other city?
§ Mr. DaltonThe hon. Member may take it from me that if there should be any such slip as he suggests, we should have to pass retrospective legislation. As I do not wish to trouble the Committee with such a supererogatory task, I hope the Committee will accept the Resolution.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Resolution to be reported To-morrow.