§ Lieut.-Commander Tufnellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the growing public desire to confine the Purchase Tax to luxuries, he will state the present proportion of revenue obtained by this tax from articles properly described as luxuries, as compared with other articles on which the tax is paid; and what would be the financial effect of limiting the tax to luxuries?
§ Sir K. WoodApart from the fact that what constitutes a luxury is a matter of opinion, I regret that separate figures of the revenue from various classes of articles are not available.