§ 55. Sir T. Mooreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will explain the circumstances in which the firm known as London Aeroplanes Limited were able to evade or avoid paying Income Tax and Excess Profits Tax to the sum of £98,374; and what period did this amount cover.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI cannot give information about the taxation affairs of particular taxpayers.
§ Sir T. MooreBut does not my hon. Friend think it very unfair that decent law-abiding citizens should be threatened by the Inland Revenue Department if they are a few weeks overdue, whereas these people and men like Sydney Stanley get away to a fantastic extent?
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterMy hon. and gallant Friend will appreciate that it is a very well established principle not to give Parliamentary answers which disclose information about the individual affairs of individual taxpayers given to the Inland Revenue in confidence.