HC Deb 29 June 1937 vol 325 c1810W
Sir W. Davison

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give, in terms of sterling, the approximate amount of taxation per head of population in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the United States of America, respectively, on the latest available date?

Sir J. Simon

Calculations of this kind are an inadequate guide to the true burden of taxation owing to the differences between the financial systems of the various countries concerned, and I must give this warning in conveying the following information: