§ Mr. GARDNERasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that a Northern Ireland taxpayer wrote, on the 24th January last, to Mr. P. J. Gregg, Secretary of the Board of Inland Revenue, Somerset House, asking for an interview in Belfast in reference to certain matters in connection with Income Tax; that another taxpayer wrote to the same official on the 10th February last making a similar request; that these letters were not even acknowledged; whether he is aware that dissatisfaction exists in Northern Ireland regarding the administration of the Income Tax Acts in Northern Ireland; and As hat steps he proposes to take to deal with the matter?
Mr. SAMUELThe officer to whom the hon. Member is understood to refer is1186W acting as Director of Statistics and Intelligence to the Board of Inland Revenue. It is no part of his duty to afford interviews to taxpayers either in Belfast, or elsewhere. The answer to the third part of the question is in the negative.