HC Deb 04 February 1964 vol 688 cc964-5
23. Mr. Bence

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the yield of Purchase Tax on gymnasium equipment over the last financial year.

Mr. Maudling

I regret that there is no separate information about the yield of tax on gymnasium equipment.

Mr. Bence

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that I am surprised that he has not the figures, because we debated this last year? Will not he scrap the tax altogether, since it has already been removed from a great deal of sporting equipment? Is he aware that this differentiation between various items of sports equipment is nonsense?

Mr. Maudling

I will study that point.