32. Brigadier Clarkeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in his next Budget, he will endeavour to remove some of the anomalies of Purchase Tax, in accordance with the list of suggestions recently sent to him by the hon. and gallant Member for Portsmouth, West.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterMy right hon. Friend will bear in mind my hon. and gallant Friend's suggestions.
Brigadier ClarkeWill my hon. Friend use his best endeavours on the chance that Purchase Tax may also be removed from essential articles in every-day use?
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI have read my hon. and gallant Friend's letter on that subject.
44. Miss Wardasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set up a committee of people in touch with the necessities of everyday life to advise him on the anomalies of Purchase Tax and the articles of common usage which should, to reduce the cost of living, be relieved of Purchase Tax.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterNo, Sir.
Miss WardIs my hon. Friend aware that the whole matter is in complete chaos, and is it not about time that the Treasury got some people who really understood this Purchase Tax question?
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterSo far as any anomalies which my hon. Friend may have in mind are concerned, I have never found that we have any lack of assistance on this subject both from the industries concerned and from hon. Members.
§ Mr. SpeakerQuestions have to be addressed to Ministers, not to hon. Members.