52. Mr. Enrollasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Isle of Man Customs for the year ended 31st March, 1950, were presented in dummy on 28th June; and when the full accounts will be available.
§ Mr. GaitskellThe Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Act of 1866 requires that the accounts of revenue and expenditure of the Isle of Man Customs shall be laid before Parliament on or before 30th June each year if Parliament is sitting then, or, if not, within one week of reassembly. These complicated accounts cannot in practice be prepared and audited in time for presentation by 30th June. They have, therefore, for many years past been laid in dummy to comply with the statutory requirement. I regret I am unable to say when the full accounts for the year ended 31st March, 1950, will be available.