§ 51. Mr. Boyd-Carpenterasked the Minister of Food what sum is to be paid to Sir Leslie Plummer in connection with the termination of his chairmanship of the Overseas Food Corporation; and whether it is to be paid under such conditions as subject it to taxation.
§ Mr. WebbThe sum is £8,000. The period of contract was seven years, at a salary of £5,000 a year, of which period a little more than two years four months will have elapsed when the appointment ends on 30th June. The second part of the Question is a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which he gave on the subject yesterday.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterDoes the latter part of that answer mean that the right hon. Gentleman does not know whether the method of payment which he has authorised subjects this payment to taxation or not, or does it mean that he does know and is not prepared to disclose the information to this House?
§ Mr. WebbIt means that I do not know. It is a matter for the Inland Revenue. It has nothing to do with me; I do not know.
§ Mr. Quintin HoggIs the test this: if you are paid money to go you do not pay tax, and if you are paid money to stay you do?