Official Report. Parliamentary Debates. House of Commons. 28th March 1933

HAMMERSLEY asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the assent of the Governor of Ceylon has been given to the proposals of the Ceylon State Council to exclude preferences on cotton piece-goods from the reciprocal preferences proposed at Ottawa ; and whether, as such exclusion is contrary to Clause 4, Sub- section (11), of His Majesty's instructions to the Governor of Ceylon, he will [...] CRAVEN-ELLIS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that employment in the building industry is being retarded by the con- tinued existence of the provisions autho- rising the imposition of a land value tax ; and whether he will consider supplement- ing the suspension of the tax, under Sec- tion 27 of the Finance Act, 1932, by legis- lation repealing Part III of the Finance Act, [...] Rear-Admiral SUETER asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that the Beer Duty is levied on the materials of which beer is made and not on the alcoholic content,, lie will consider reducing the Beer Duty to prevent further loss to the malting industry ? Mr. [...] Major NATHAN asked the Finan- cial Secretary to the Treasury the posi- tion of the committee appointed to con- sider the redrafting of the law relating to Income Tax, the number of occasions upon which that committee has met during the past six months, the present state of their deliberations, and when it is anticipated that a report will be made'? [...] C. BROWN asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the appointment of a committee in Kenya to investigate alternatives to the Income Tax, he still adheres to his de- cision to insist on the application of the Income Tax in accordance with the recommendation of Lord Moyne's Report Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER : The Governor has decided, with my approval, that the Income Tax Bill s