§ 72. Sir G. Nabarroasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will introduce legislation to give statutory effect to his proposals arising from the two specific recommendations by the Select Committee on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (First Report, Session 1970–71), on which he has made observations, in Command Paper No. 4729, published on 14th July, for the protection of taxpayers as described and otherwise.
§ Mr. Patrick Jenkin: No. The proposals amount to no more than an extension of the Board of Inland Revenue's existing practice of remitting tax in the course of exercising their responsibilities for the care and management of the Inland Revenue duties. I do not regard the extension as needing legislation.