HC Deb 02 December 1947 vol 445 c198
59. Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any assessment for purposes of Income Tax or Surtax is made on the free living accommodation provided for certain Ministers of the Crown.

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Glenvil Hall)

No, Sir. These official residences have never been charged to Income Tax since the middle of the nineteenth century.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

Does that answer mean that the right hon. Gentleman in such matters will follow the procedure of the nineteenth century?

Mr. Glenvil Hall

I think it means that the hon. Member is probably living in the past.