§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to receive the report of Lord Keith of Kinkel on the problems associated with the tax collection system; whether this report will deal with the low level of the scale of investigation of the accounts of limited companies and related matters; and if he intends to publish the report.
§ Mr. Peter ReesAs to the expected date of the committee's report, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Denbigh (Mr. Morgan) on 13 January 1981.—[Vol. 996, c.540.] The committee's terms of reference extends to the Inland Revenue's powers of investigating the accuracy of returns, including company accounts and related matters, but I cannot anticipate what the committee will say. Publication is a matter to be considered when the report has been made.