Mr. WORTHINGTON-EVANSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would state the percentages of direct and indirect taxation to be levied in the financial year 1910–11 on the basis of his Budget statement; and whether he would state what taxes are regarded as direct, and what as indirect, for the purposes of such a calculation?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe percentages of direct and indirect taxation for 1910–11 on the basis of the Budget Estimates of revenue proper to the year are 57.16 and 42.84 respectively. For the purpose of this calculation, Excise Licences, Railway Duty, Estate etc. Duties, Stamps, Land Tax, House Duty, Property and Income Tax, and Land Value Duties, are treated as direct taxes, and all Customs and Excise Duties, excepting licences and Railway Duty, as Indirect.