§ Mr. REMERasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why the Royal Commission for Awards to Inventors now meets only one day per week instead of
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SUPER-TAX.—Number of Individuals and Total Incomes assessed up to the 30th April, 1924. Income. Year of assessment, 1921–22 (Great Britain and Ireland).* Year of assessment, 1922–23 (Great Britain and N. Ireland). Exceeding. Not exceeding. Number of Individuals. Total Income. Number of Individuals. Total Income. £ £ £ £ 2,000 2,500 19,816 44,727,444 19,758 44,729,621 2,500 3,000 14,320 39,412,080 13,917 38,444,951 3,000 4,000 17,296 60,019,661 16,477 57,324,596 4,000 5,000 9,822 44,120,932 9,236 41,569,892 5,000 6,000 6,339 34,809,497 5,910 32,558,487 6,000 7,000 4,387 28,520,151 4,009 26,203,465 7,000 8,000 3,092 23,222,334 2,783 20,980,719 8,000 10,000 4,093 36,717,324 3,658 32,887,279 10,000 15,000 4,890 59,547,751 4,246 51,801,250 15,000 20,000 2,089 36,235,335 1,768 30,374,593 20,000 25,000 1,089 24,322,357 913 20,374,230 25,000 30,000 693 18,946,649 514 13,987,582 30,000 40,000 699 24,085,164 567 19,217,058 40,000 50,000 352 15,683,394 291 12,974,853 50,000 75,000 365 22,078,961 278 16,865,005 75,000 100,000 119 10,286,912 127 10,776,263 100,000 — 201 30,829,471 137 26,671,371 Totals 89,662 559,565,417 84,589 497,741,215 * Including assessments made in the Irish Free State up to 30th April, 1923. two days per week; and if he is aware of the slow progress made in settling claims and the serious hardship to inventors?
Mr. GRAHAMIn reply to the first part of the question, the explanation that the cases considered suitable for adjudication by the Second Division of the Royal Commission, which sat on a second day of the week, have been disposed of. As regards the second part, I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to his previous question of 12th March last. I am informed that the claims recently heard by the Royal Commission have been of extreme complexity, and that in certain cases the hearing occupied several days.