§ Mr. J. MacLeodasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the working so far of the personal export scheme, which allows visitors to make purchases free of tax.
§ Sir S. CrippsThe Personal Export Scheme has recently been under review in the light of experience of its working, and its machinery has been simplified in200W certain respects. Under the Scheme, a visitor to the United Kingdom may now have his purchases delivered free of Purchase Tax to the ship or aircraft by which he is leaving the country, provided that the purchase amounts to £5 or more. Complete information is not yet available, but the indications are that retailers' sales to visitors, and especially North American; visitors, this summer are likely to show a substantial increase over last year.