Mr. Murrayasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the strong feeling that exists among blind people, because of the imposition of Purchase Tax upon wireless sets for the blind, which are purchased each year as a result of an appeal to the general public at Christmas time; and will he endeavour to have such hardship removed.
§ Sir J. AndersonIt has always been a principle of the Purchase Tax that there should be no classes of consumers privileged to buy chargeable goods free of tax, and I regret it is not possible to authorise tax-free purchase of the wireless receivers provided as a result of the Christmas appeal.