§ Sir C. Osborneasked the Attorney-General if he will take steps, by legislation or otherwise, to shorten, simplify 300W and make less expensive the course of justice in proceedings on tax cases; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe great majority of tax cases are disposed of by the General or Special Commissioners at small cost to the taxpayer. So far as appeals from the Commissioners are concerned, the Evershed Committee on Supreme Court Practice and Procedure thought that the existing arrangements were, in general, satisfactory and my noble Friend the Lord Chancellor sees no reason to differ from this conclusion.