§ Mr. ELLIS DAVIESasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that it is illegal for a solicitor to disclose his client's affairs without the latter's consent, he will cause to be discontinued the service of notices on solicitors by Income Tax authorities to divulge such information?
Mr. SAMUELI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which was given to the hon. and gallant Member for the Everton Division of Liverpool (Colonel Woodcock) on 29th November. I am sending him a copy of that reply. I may add that the hon. Member is under a misapprehension in suggesting that it can be illegal for a solicitor to carry out a duty imposed upon him by Statute.