§ 107. Mr. Edelmanasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will revise the system of taxation in the British zone of Germany, in order that the burden of taxation may be more equitably distributed.
§ Mr. J. HyndTaxation is imposed by quadripartite agreement in Berlin, and the same rates of tax, both direct and indirect, are in force in all zones. The tax reforms introduced earlier this year include a considerable steepening of the graduation of income tax and I can assure my hon. Friend that the importance of equity in these rates was very fully considered.