§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Attorney-General to what extent the practice of the fees of barristers and solicitors being generally limited by the system of taxation differs from the taxation of income of other persons; and, in view of the Government's call for incomes limitations, how and in what way barristers, Queen's Counsel, solicitors and others connected with the legal profession will have their gross and net incomes controlled within the scope laid down by the Government.
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§ The Solicitor-General:I would refer my hon. Friend to my replies to him on 28th July 1977—[Vol. 936, c. 437]—Taxation in the courts is not concerned with the revenue of the Crown. It is a judicial system by which a taxing officer determines the amounts properly payable to barristers and solicitors in particular instances referred to him.