§ 43. Mr. Chapmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has studied the evidence, a copy of which 47W has been sent to him, concerning a large Birmingham firm, where out of 118 Asian and other immigrant employees only two pay any Income Tax; and whether, since this makes charges of tax evasion, he will order an investigation to establish the truth of the matter and will also circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the methods used and the proof needed by the Inland Revenue for all claims for child and similar allowances against Income Tax.
§ Mr. GreenThe letter of which the hon. Member sent me a copy did not identify the firm for which the employees were said to work. I shall be glad to have an investigation made if I am given information from which the cases can be traced. As to the second part, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury (Mr. Ridley) on 4th February last.