§ 8. Mr. Costainasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many hours of overtime will have to be worked by the Inland Revenue in order to effect the re-codings consequent upon the Budget proposals; and what remuneration will be paid for this overtime.
§ Mr. Harold LeverEight hundred thousand hours for which the remuneration paid will be about £430,000.
§ Mr. CostainIs the Minister satisfied with this extra expenditure? Does not he realise that industry will have similar extra expense? Is it not all out of the productivity of the nation?
§ Mr. LeverI cannot undertake to keep the tax system static merely in order to avoid any possible extra expenditure to be made in making adjustments.