§ Sir A. Bossomasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will ensure that compensation for all stock slaughtered by reason of foot-and-mouth disease is not made subject to tax, as this in fact is not income but capital needed for the purchase of more cattle to replace those compulsorily destroyed.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI am afraid that for the reasons I gave in Committee on the Finance Bill, my right hon. Friend is unable to go beyond the proposals in Clause 21 of the Bill.