§ Mr. Joelasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the recent large increase in Income Tax, he will reconsider its effect so far as officers and men of the Navy, Army and Air Force on active service are concerned; and whether he will investigate the desirability of increasing the earned income allowance of such men who are daily risking their lives for their country?
§ Captain CrookshankI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Darwen (Mr. S. Russell) on the 12th October and of which I am sending him a copy.