§ Mr. McENTEEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amounts raised by direct and indirect taxation, respectively, during each of the post-War years; and the estimated amounts which the duties under the Abnormal Importations (Customs Duties) Act, the Horticultural Products (Emergency Customs Duties) Act, and the Import Duties Act will yield during the current financial year and during the next financial year?
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Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe answer to the first part of the question is contained in the following table:
Amounts raised by direct and indirect taxation in each of the years 1919–20–1930 31. Year. Direct Taxation. Indirect Taxation. £ £ 1919–20 720,622,000 280,264,000 1920–21 703,923,000 328,819,000 1921–22 535,027,000 318,108,000 1922–23 497,232,000 274,588,000 1923–24 456,345,000 262,731,000 1924–25 464,386,000 229,455,000 1925–26 451,303,000 232,320,000 1926–27 425,136,000 234,429,000 1927–28 450,338,000 245,404,000 1928–29 438,709,000 247,134,000 1929–30 434,166,000 242,615,000 1930–31 462,991,000 240,918,000 1931–32 (Revised Estimates). 484,510,000 247,840,000 No estimates are available of the yield of the duties imposed under the provisions of the Acts referred to in the second part of the question in the present financial year, but as regards the Abnormal Importations and Horticultural Products Acts, I would refer the hon. Member to the statement of the actual yield of the duties under those Acts given to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for the Isle of Wight (Captain P. Macdonald) on 10th March. With regard to 1932–33, I cannot anticipate the Budget statement.