Linen Goods (Tax)

HC Deb 03 February 1955 vol 536 cc133-4W

55. Mr. Bottomley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if. as a contribution to easing the unemployment situation in Northern Ireland, he will revise the Purchase Tax on linen goods.

Mr. H. Brooke

I cannot go further than to say that full consideration will be given to the position of the Northern Ireland linen industry whenever a time may come to revise the tax on textiles.