HC Deb 22 February 1966 vol 725 c207
6. Mr. Ioan L. Evans

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will seek to remove Purchase Tax on sports equipment.

Mr. MacDermot

My right hon. Friend will bear this suggestion in mind.

Mr. Evans

In view of the fact that the Treasury has done much in recent months to introduce a fairer system of taxation, will my hon. and learned Friend consider taking the tax off the football field and putting it on the roulette table, and taking it off the slow-arm bowler and putting it on the one-armed bandit?

Mr. MacDermot

I do not know about the "slow arm bowler", but I think that my hon. Friend is bowling a wide.

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