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MR. HENRY
(Shropshire, Wellington)
I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he will take steps to abolish or modify the existing property qualification at present necessary for the position of Income Tax Commissioners, in order that the Land Tax Commissioners may have a more extended choice in making these appointments.
MR. McKENNA
(for Mr RUNCIMAN)
Some qualification for Income Tax Com missioners is clearly necessary, as it would not be desirable, for instance, that persons who do not themselves contribute to Income Tax should be made eligible. I am not aware, however, that the existing qualification is a cause of difficulty in securing a satisfactory body of Commissioners.