§ Sir H. Morris-Jonesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will reconsider the decision to charge Purchase Tax on materials purchased by hospital supply depots of the British Red Cross Society for the use of our wounded and sick?
§ Captain CrookshankNo, Sir, my right hon. Friend regrets that he cannot accept this proposal, for which there is no sanction in the Statute. My hon. Friend will remember that the point was debated during the passage of the Bill, and my right hon. Friend then explained that he could not establish a steadily expanding class of privileged buyers of goods liable to the tax.