§ Mr. HURDasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the detailed figures on which he bases his statement that, during the War, the direct taxpayer was called upon to pay 80 per cent. of the revenue raised?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe hon. Member will find that of the tax revenue of £1,400 millions in the two years 1917–18 and 1918–19, £1,134 millions, or over 80 per cent., was raised by direct taxes.