§ Mr. W. THORNEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the estimated net profits for British shipping for 1913 were £20,000,000, which was 10.½ per cent. on capital investment; if he is aware that the net profits for 1916 were £135,000,000 and 67½ per cent. on invested capital, which is an increase over and above 1913 of 543 per cent.; and if he will, when preparing his next Budget statement, consider the advisability of taking all the excess profits earned over and above the 1914–15 profits earned?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI would refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Sunderland on the 16th March.