§ Mr. Tinkerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the percentages of direct and indirect taxation, giving the position before the Budget of 1941 and after?
§ Sir K. WoodThe following is the answer:
Indirect. Per cent. Direct. Per cent. 1940–41 (Exchequer receipts) 38.47 61.53 1941 –42 (Existing basis) 35.63 64.37 1941 –42 (Budget proposals) 32.55 67.45