Captain CRAIGasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the case of clerks to the surveyors of taxes has been shelved by the Treasury in consequence of the cost of the army of officials under the National Insurance Act; are these officials to be penalised on this account; is he aware that the Board of Inland Revenue, the inspectors, and surveyors of taxes, have all condemned the rate of pay as totally inadequate for the duties these clerks perform; and will he say if the opinion of the Board and their officers will receive consideration from the Treasury?
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§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe answers to the first and second parts of the question are in the negative. With regard to the remaining parts, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for North Londonderry on 30th October last.
§ Mr. HUGH BARRIEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue submitted proposals for the improvement of the position of clerks to surveyors of taxes early in the year 1912, and the Treasury refused to sanction same; whether it was on this ground the chairman informed the Royal Commission it would be futile to submit his latest recommendations to the Treasury; and whether the Treasury will consider such recommendations if the chairman submits them at once for consideration?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe answers to the first and second parts of the question are in the negative. With regard to the remaining parts, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave him on 30th October last.