§ Sir J. GANZONIasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the gross assessment to Income Tax on No. 28, Rope Walk, Ipswich, has been raised from£11 to £25 10s. for the year 1936–37; and whether, as this is one of the houses 389W scheduled under the Ministry's slum clearance scheme of December, 1935, for demolition upon payment of bare site value, he can take steps to secure the payment of more satisfactory compensation?
§ Mr. SHAKESPEAREAssessment to Income Tax is directed to income actually received and is based upon quite other considerations than the fitness of a property for continued habitation. My right hon. Friend has no authority to vary the basis of compensation fixed by Statute for property found to be unfit for human habitation.