§ Lieut.-Colonel Byersasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will ensure that the order making Purchase Tax payable on partly-worn personal effects sent by members of S.E.A.C. to the United Kingdom is rescinded immediately.
§ Mr. DaltonSuch personal effects are in law subject to Customs duty and Purchase Tax on importation, but I have decided to waive these charges on articles of the kind normally worn or carried on the person which are sent home in advance in anticipation of repatriation, provided the sender declares them to have been in his personal possession and use for some time. Information as to the terms of the concession has been sent to Service authorities in S.E.A.C. and has, I understand, been published to the troops concerned.