§ 98. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the evidence sent to him by the hon. Member for West Ham, North, he will cause an investigation to be made by the Inland Revenue into the practice of tax evasion by those who receive commissions for enticing people into strip clubs.
§ Mr. TaverneMy right hon. Friend has written to my hon. Friend about this.
78Wincreased bank rates as charged to the consumer is passed to the Treasury.
§ Mr. TaverneBanks are already fully taxed on all their profits. I do not accept my hon. Friend's analogy between bank profits and gambling profits, and I could not therefore regard it as a ground for taxing the profits of banks differently from the profits of other companies.