§ Sir B. PETOasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give any estimate of the amount of Income Tax which would, on the basis of the average Income Tax arising from such trade, have been paid to the Treasury on the £300,000,000 of retail trade done annually by the co-operative societies had such trade been done by stores or multiple shops in private ownership?
§ Mr. P. SNOWDENThe answer is in the negative.