§ Sir E. STOCKTONasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the majority of collectors of Income Tax in the Manchester district suffered a loss on the Schedule D and E collection last year, and that one of the chief collectors made a loss of £915 12s. as a result of the entirely inadequate sum allowed to him for remuneration and expenses; that this official collects millions of pounds a year, and yet has to carry on with a large personal overdraft at the bank entailed by this method of working; and whether, in the public interest, he will have this altered and official employment in the Inland Revenue Departments put on a proper basis?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERI am having inquiry made into this matter and will communicate the result to my hon. Friend in the course of a few days.