§ 52. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Thomas Mooreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is now his intention to change the incidence of income taxation from a direct to an indirect method.
§ Mr. DaltonThe hon. and gallant Member will not expect me to anticipate my Budget Statement.
§ Sir T. MooreAs the right hon. Gentleman gave an indication of Tory intentions in a recent public speech, could he not take this House into his confidence?
§ Mr. DaltonI gave a general statement of intention in my last Budget Statement, and the lecture to the Fabian Society—to which I suspect the hon. and gallant Gentleman is referring—added nothing new of substance to what I said in my Budget speech.