§ Mr. DUFFYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that a demand for income tax was recently made to the trustees of the Temperance Society, Loughrea, county Galway, Ireland, on account of the house which the Temperance Society occupies in that town; whether he is aware that the society is carried on entirely for purposes of temperance and philanthropy; is he aware that the house was purchased some time ago by the trustees of the Temperance Society by cash raised entirely in the bank, which presses on the society; and, having regard to the mission of the Temperance Society and the benevolent work which it carries out, will he advise the Commissioners of Income Tax to exempt this building from the tax imposed on house property generally?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEI have inquired into the, case to which the hon. Member refers, and I find that there is no provision of the law under which exemption from income tax could be granted in respect of the building in question.