§ Mr. Rookerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the fees earned by local government employees due to participation in television programmes or as members of industrial tribunals and compulsorily paid over to their employing authorities are the subject of income tax assessable on the employee.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonIt is not the normal practice of the Inland Revenue to tax payments made to local government employees in these circumstances. If my hon. Friend has a particular case in mind, I shall be happy to look into it if he will write to me about it.