Hong Kong Gloves (Tax)

HC Deb 05 July 1955 vol 543 c955

61. Mr. Peyton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an estimate of the revenue derived from Purchase Tax on gloves imported from Hong Kong.

Mr. H. Brooke

I regret that this information is not available.

Mr. Peyton

Is my hon. Friend aware the answer quite clearly is that not one penny is derived from Purchase Tax on Hong Kong gloves, and will he realise that this matter is a serious penalty and a quite unwarrantable penalty on the home industry? Is he aware that this industry is in very grave difficulty, and will he not make representations to his right hon. Friend the Chancellor to remove this unnecessary tax upon an industry which has quite enough to bear already?

Mr. Brooke

These are matters which are very important, and I know my right hon. Friend wrote to my hon. Friend some time ago on the matter, but his supplementary question goes a great deal beyond the Question he put on the Paper.