Mr. GIDEON MURRAYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the method of levying Property Tax on manses of the Church of Scotland and on the United Free Church of Scotland is different, and that in the case of the United Free Church of Scotland the rent is not considered as part of the income of the ministers, and that Property Tax at the highest rate is charged; and whether he will, in view of the unfairness of such differentiation, consider the desirability of making provision in the next Finance Bill for treating the rent of a manse of the United Free Church of Scotland as part of the income of the ministers, as is at present done in the case of the ministers of the Church of Scotland?
§ Mr. BALDWINMy right hon. Friend is considering the question raised by my hon. Friend with a view to introducing a Clause in the coming Finance Bill to meet, as far as possible, the legal difficulty to which he refers.