§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Inland Revenue allow the expense incurred in the purchase of trading stamps as wholly a business expense and therefore allowable as a claim against Income Tax.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Stamford (Mr. K. Lewis) on Tuesday, 3rd December.