HC Deb 13 November 1919 vol 121 cc514-5W
Mr. LAMBERT

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the great extravagance now prevailing; and whether he could devise means to tax persons who can afford to pay £54,600 for a single picture?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

Yes, Sir; but the payment of a high price for a fine picture is not the only form of extravagance, nor, I would venture to add, is it the one which I should select before all others for animadversion.