§ Mr. Hewlettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether consideration has been given to the owners of business premises who have constructed air raid shelters for the protection of their tenants and who are being charged Income Tax on the tenants' repayment of the cost, since the Government grant of 7s. in the £ towards the cost was a contribution towards the loss by the owner through vacant premises and interest on the outstanding capital.
§ Sir J. AndersonI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which my predecessor gave to a similar question asked by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Salisbury (Major Morrison) on 2nd February, 1943, a copy of which I am sending him.