asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the British Guiana Planters' Association disapprove of Clauses 11, 15, and 16 for the repatriation of East Indian settlers under the colonisation scheme; and whether he will take steps to meet their objections?

I have received no information as to the attitude of this association towards these Clauses of the notification in question. The Government of British Guiana. have already decided, with my approval, to accept these terms and conditions.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the new agreement with the United States permitting American revenue cutters to enter territorial waters of the Bahama Islands for purposes of search, on due notice being given, has received the approval of the local executive council and House of Assembly?

I would invite my hon. Friend's attention to the reply addressed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the hon. and gallant Member for Norwich on the 21st April, which makes it clear that he is mistaken in supposing that any such agreement has been concluded. The arrangements outlined in that reply were made with the full concurrence of the Governor of the Bahamas.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Governor of Sierra Leone and the general manager of the railways have dismissed or put under notice all the officials of railway workers' union, including Mr. E. A. Richard, the president; that a committee of citizens has taken up the cause of the workers owing to the attitude of the Governor, and many members of the community have taken up honorary membership of the union to express their disapproval of the policy of the Governor and manager and, as the workers returned to work upon his telegraphed promise to consider their grievances, whether he will state what ameliorations have taken place in the conditions of employment?

The reply to the first part of the question is in the negative. I am aware that a committee of citizens supported the strikers. I have no information that members of the general community have taken up honorary membership of the union. The suggestion in the last part of the question that the strikers returned to work on a promise from me to consider their grievances is inaccurate.

Will the right hon. Gentleman publish his telegram, and allow the House to decide?

No; I cannot do that.

Seeing that the right hon. Gentleman makes a statement that the latter part of the question is inaccurate, would it not be for the benefit of everyone to have the actual terms of the telegram, so that we may form an opinion? Has the right hon. Gentleman made inquiries as to the dismissal of the men mentioned in the first part of the question?

I am making inquiries into that. I think the hon. Member must accept the accuracy of my statement.

When shall we get the report which the: right hon. Gentleman promised three weeks or a month ago?

I hope that the report will be available quite soon.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Federated Malay States Government accepts any responsibility for the Perak hydro-electric scheme; whether the contract just concluded was first submitted to it; whether the contract received the sanction of the Federal Council; and, if not, why it was submitted to this body?

It was considered that the grant of this concession within. the State of Perak was a matter for that State, and the agreement was brought before the Perak State Council and not the Federal Council for approval. The Federated Malay States Government. has expressed its willingness to assist, if necessary, in certain respects, in carrying out the scheme, and the question of its participation is now the subject of negotiations. On this matter the Finance Committee of the Federal Council has, I believe, been fully consulted throughout and no doubt the matter will come before the Federal Council in due course.

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that action like this will create suspicion in the minds of and a lack of confidence in the integrity of the Government among these public men who carry out these duties? This document was laid before them after it had been signed.

I understand that the Financial Committee of the Federal Council has been consulted throughout. It is primarily a matter for the State of Perak.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he is aware that settlers, with their wives and children, from this country in Western Australia under the group settlement scheme are housed, in some cases, for two years in cattle-sheds; and whether arrangements can be made for better housing accommodation to be provided for these settlers, in accordance with the promises held out to them before emigration?

I am not aware that any settlers under the Western Australian Group Settlement Scheme have been housed in cattle sheds. The settlers are usually accommodated in temporary shacks until cottages can he erected, Every effort is made to provide cottages as rapidly as possible, and in certain cases they have been prepared before the arrival of the settlers.

The representative of the Oversea Settlement Committee in Australia has made a report upon the Group Settlement Scheme in Western Australia which will be published at an early date.

asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether his attention has been called to the new system of estimating the annual quota of immigrants to the United States of America to be allowed to each nationality; whether he is aware that the new system will have the effect of increasing the number of immigrants admitted from Great Britain from 34,000 to 85,000; and what special steps, if any, the Government propose to take, in conjunction with the government of the Dominion of Canada, in order to divert immigrants from this country to settle in Canada rather than in the United States of America, and so prevent a repetition of the situation before the War when the number of British emigrants entering the United States of America was greatly in excess of the number entering the Dominion of Canada?

I have seen a statement in the Press to the effect that the annual quota of British immigrants to the United States is likely to be increased in July, 1927, but His Majesty's Government have at present no official information to this effect. It is the policy of His Majesty's Government to encourage British subjects who proceed overseas to settle within the Empire, and assistance for this purpose is available in suitable cases under the Empire Settlement Act. I would, however, observe that most of the emigrants from this country to the United States are industrial workers for whom there is at present little or no demand in Canada.

Will the right hon. Gentleman exercise his usual foresight in these matters and see that when this understanding does come into force he will endeavour to make some amendment of the Settlement Act which will enable more settlers to proceed to Canada thin is the case at present?

Is it not true that settlers are very anxious to get into the United States, so long as there is no work for them in Canada?

asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether the agenda will be made public of the subjects to be discussed at the forthcoming Imperial Conference?

His Majesty's Government are at present in communication with the Dominion Governments with regard to the agenda for the forthcoming Imperial Conference. Until this correspondence is further advanced it would be premature to make any public statement on the subject, but I hope that it will be possible for such a statement to be made in the course of the next few weeks.

asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he has received any recent information as to the intention of the Canadian Government to appoint its own diplomatic representative at Washington?

The answer is in the negative.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department (1) whether he can state the actual amount received by the Insurance Department of Overseas Trade respect of recoveries and salvages; and what is the amount of premiums held by the Department the risk on which has not yet expired;

(2) the total amount received in premiums in the Insurance Department of the Department of Overseas Trade since the inception of the scheme; what is the total amount of payments made by the Department in respect of claims received; and how many claims against the Insurance Department are still outstanding?

As the reply to these questions is necessarily long, I trust that my hon. Friend will give me his permission to circulate them in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the total sum allocated for the staff and running expenses of the Insurance Department of the Department of Overseas Trade; and what was the profit or loss incurred by that Department for the three years ending January, 1926?

The total sum spent on staff and running expenses of the Export Credits Department since the inception of the Guarantees Scheme in 1921 to the 31st March, 1926, was approximately £40,000. As to the last part of my hon. Friend's question, the Committee on Credit Insurance, in their Report which was recently presented to Parliament, arrived at the conclusion that up to the present time the Department had made neither material profit nor loss.

asked the Minister of Agriculture if a decision has been arrived at as to whether the fishing industry is to receive assistance from the amount voted for the marketing of Empire and home produce and, if so, to what extent?

I have been asked to reply, since I shall administer the Vote to which my hon. Friend alludes. I would refer him to the full statement regarding the Empire Marketing Grant which I made on the 31st March, and to the supplementary reply which I gave on the same day to the hon. and gallant Member for Central Hull, who raised a question as to fisheries.

Will the right hon. Gentleman send me a copy of this reply?

Certainly.

Will he see that the fishing industry is properly represented on this Committee?

It is impossible for every industry inquired into to be represented on the Committee, but the point will be kept in mind.

All that the right hon. Gentleman's supplementary answers mean is that the matter can be considered. Cannot he make a further announcement on this question?

I think my answers go a good deal further than the hon. and gallant Member suggests. I have said that the Imperial Economic Committee, in proper course, will deal with this question, and that this recommendation would also be dealt with

asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has information of the aerial convention agreed between the French and German Governments; what is the present position with regard to British commercial aeroplanes flying over German territory; and what is the position with regard to the British flying service from London to Prague?

As regards the first part of the question, I am unable to furnish any information regarding the negotiations for a Franco-German air convention. As regards the remaining parts of the question, the position remains as stated in the replies to the hon. and gallant Member on 9th July, 21st and 26th May last, with the exception that the permission to operate the British air service to Berlin and Cologne has been further extended to the 31st May next.

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that it is reported that this Convention has been actually signed between the French and German Governments, allowing French aeroplanes to fly over German territory?

I have no official information on the subject.

Is he also aware that German air lines are now penetrating into the territory of Portugal, our oldest ally, and will he see whether British air lines can have a look in there as well

I must have notice of that question.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that there have been three accidents on the Lochaber water power scheme recently as the result of men working with liquid oxygen as an explosive; whether any investigation or inquiry has taken place to ascertain the cause of such accidents; if so, what is the result of such inquiries; whether he is aware that this explosive is only at present in its experimental stages, and that the men are compelled to work on a bonus system whilst using this explosive; and whether, considering the risks to which the men are exposed owing to the dangerous fumes given off by this explosive, he will take the necessary steps to eliminate the extra risks arising, owing to the fact that the bonus system in operation is an inducement to the men concerned to take risks likely to endanger the health of the workmen so employed.?

I have been asked to reply. There have been three cases of men affected by fumes, none of them seriously. The cause was found on investigation to be that a small quantity of carbon monoxide was given off owing to the inferior quality of some of the materials supplied. Adequate precautions have been taken to prevent a recurrence. I am advised that it is not correct to speak of the process as being in the experimental stage: it has been used successfully abroad for several years. I am not sure what the hon. Member means by saying that the men are compelled to work on the bonus system. According to my information the men are paid the standard rates, and a bonus is given if the weekly progress exceeds a certain figure. There is no evidence before the Home Secretary to show that unnecessary risks are involved.

Will the hon. Member tell us what are the standard rates?

The standard rates are those paid by the Civil Engineering Contractors' Federation.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if the master bakers have decided to increase the price of bread on and after Monday, 26th April; and whether he intends taking any action in the matter?

The increase Follows the recent increases in the price of flour, and is not in excess of the Food Council's scale.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what quantity of margarine was produced in this country in the years 1913 and 1925; the retail price per lb. in each year; and the quantity of margarine imported for the same two years?

The answer is a long one, and will, if the hon. Member agrees, be circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

asked the Prime Minister when the Second Reading of the Merchandise Marks Bill will he taken?

asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that considerable apprehension is felt, particularly in agricultural districts, at the delay in proceeding with the Merchandise Marks Bill; and whether he can now give a date for the Second Reading?

The Government desire to obtain a Second Reading of this Bill as early as possible, but the Prime Minister regrets that he is not in a position at the moment to name a definite date.

Will the right hon. Gentleman urge upon the Prime Minister the necessity of taking the Second Reading before Whitsuntide?

I will certainly represent that to the Prime Minister.

asked the Prime Minister whether, in their First Report dealing with the classification of Estimates, the Estimates Committee recommend that, as far as possible, all Votes representing activities controlled by or linked to a particular Ministry should be grouped in the same class, and that the Estimates should indicate which Minister is responsible for such services; and whether he will consider these proposals before the Estimates for 1927–28 are prepared?

asked the Prime Minister whether the Cabinet has considered the recommendations of the Select Committee on Estimates, more especially in favour of submitting in future to the House those Estimates hitherto called Civil Service Estimates under the heading of Civil Estimates; and, if not, whether it will do so with a view to making the change at an early date?

As the Prime Minister has already stated, in reply to a question by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Everton on Monday last, the recommendations of the Committee are now receiving consideration.

Will the right hon. Gentleman give the House an opportunity to come to a decision on the Report of the Committee.

I am sure that the Prime Minister is anxious to get a decision as soon as Possible.

asked the Prime Minister whether the Committee appointed to inquire into the final custody of the Lane Art Collection has reported; and, if so, when the Report is to be published?

The reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, and, as the whole subject it still under consideration, it has not been thought advisable, so far, to publish the Report.

asked the Prime Minister whether since the 10th February any progress has been made in regard to measures to be taken for the protection of the civil population against poison gas, or whether it has been found that no measure can be adopted which will hold out any really effective means of protection?

The Prime Minister has nothing to add to the answer which he gave to the hon. Member on the 10th February last.

asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing that prior to the 1925 Assembly of the League of Nations the British Government made a practice of appointing as delegates to the Assembly representatives of parties other than the one in office, he is prepared to follow that practice for the next Assembly; and, if so, when does he hope to, be in a position to announce the names of those who will compose the British Delegation.

His Majesty's Government do not propose to nominate delegates to the September Assembly until the time approaches when their services will be required. If the hon. and gallant Member will repeat his question in August my right hon. Friend will endeavour to answer it. The hon. and gallant Member is mistaken as to the general practice prior to 1925. The only instance of a principal delegate being drawn from a party other than the one in office is that of Mr. Barnes in 1920 during the Coalition Government. I do not think that Mr. Barnes could be ranked as a member of the Opposition at that time.

I beg to give notice that I shall raise this question on 3rd August.

asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the desirability of making it compulsory for everyone holding a position where the salary is paid jointly or severally by the Government and local authorities to take a similar oath of allegiance to that taken by Members of this House?

The Prime Minister is not prepared to adopt the suggestion of my hon. Friend.

Will my right hon. Friend keep in mind that all loyal citizens will consider it an honour to take the oath of allegiance?

Certainly.

asked the Prime Minister whether he has received a letter from the Executive Council of Electrical Power Engineers pointing out the hardship which accrues to electrical station engineers, in view of the operation of Admiralty Order C.E. 194/25, whereby, although their responsibilities remain the same, they have been reverted to the minimum of the scale for their grade, resulting in many cases in a financial loss of £50 a year plus the appropriate bonus; and whether it is proposed to remove the grievance brought about by the operation of this Regulation?

I have been asked to reply. The matter referred to has recently been under consideration, and a favourable decision has now been reached. This fact has been communicated to the Electrical Power Engineers' Association in reply to a letter addressed by them as indicated.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Royal Abyssinian Government is a party to the present discussions regarding spheres of influence in Abyssinia between the British and Italian Governments?

The Anglo-Italian discussions in regard to which informal exchanges of view are in progress with the French Government did not relate to spheres of influence in Abyssinia, but, as I informed the hon. and gallant Member on the 21st instant, had as their object the better definition by agreement of the respective interests of the two Powers under existing Treaties. The Abyssinian Government have been informed of their upshot.

Will the Abyssinian Government be consulted before any final agreement is reached with regard to Abyssinian property?

We are in communication with the Abyssinian Government.

Will the consent of the Abyssinian Government—Abyssinia is a member of the League of Nations—be obtained before any arrangement is made for dealing with Abyssinian property?

Perhaps the hon. and gallant Gentleman will put any further question on the Paper.

asked the Minister of Health how many regional medical officers are now employed and how many were similarly employed in 1918; what salaries do they get and what are their duties; and whether they are entitled to pensions and at what rate?

There were no regional medical officers employed in 1918. The present number and salaries of officers on this staff are

4	Divisional medical officers at £1,600.
17	Regional medical officers at £1,400.
16	Regional medical officers at £1,000 by £50 to £1,400.
13	Deputy regional medical officers at £800 by £30 to £1,100.

These salaries are all inclusive of bonus, and the posts are pensionable except for those officers who entered the service at 50 or over (21 in number). The duties are concerned chiefly with the insurance medical service and National Health Insurance Funds bear the appropriate share of their emoluments. The officers act as medical referees regarding the incapacity of insured persons for work, and as consultants in giving second opinions in questions of diagnosis. In addition they are required to carry out certain inspections under the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920, and the Blind Persons Act, 1920, and, as needed, to inspect Poor Law institutions.

asked the Attorney-General on what grounds he caused an information to be laid against the Reverend Jack Bucknall, a clergyman of the Church of England at Delabole, Cornwall, in respect of a leaflet stating that an attack would soon be made by the employers on the wages and hours of labour of the working class?

On application from the Chief Constable of Cornwall, I authorised proceedings for penalties to be taken against this man for printing a leaflet without having printed thereon his name and place of abode or business, as required by the provisions of the Newspapers, Printers, and Reading Rooms Repeal Act, 1869. I have since been informed that the defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined the sum of three guineas and £4 7s. costs.

Is it not a fact that this priest did state on the leaflet the name of an unincorporated guild, and that the sole ground on which the Attorney-General granted the information was that the guild whose name was on the leaflet was an unincorporated body and not an incorporated body

Considering that this priest's job is to preach peace on earth and goodwill to all men, does the right hon. and learned Gentleman not think that he got off pretty lightly?

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman consider also that a priest's job is to preach righteousness?

In answer to the last supplementary question, I am glad to say that my responsibility is not to keep a priest's conscience. In answer to the first supplementary question, the pamphlet in question had imprinted on it "Published and printed by the Guild of St. John and St. George, Delabole." First of all, it obviously exposes anyone who circulated the pamphlet to prosecution for dispersing and publishing a pamphlet without the proper imprint upon it; and, secondly, such information as I had led me to believe that the alias was adopted in order to prevent responsibility being fixed for the spread of a very poisonous pamphlet.

Was it the contents of the pamphlet that upset the Attorney-General?

There was no question of the Attorney-General being upset. The question was whether I should give my sanction, on an application made by the responsible police authorities, for prosecution for an offence against the law. I gave that authority because I saw no mitigating circumstances, and, in fact, the defendant pleaded guilty and was dealt with as a guilty person by the responsible magistrate.

asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the Reverend Jack Bucknall, a clergyman of the Church of England at Delabole, Cornwall, was recently fined £7 10s. for the technical offence of printing a leaflet without having printed thereon his name and address; and whether he will take steps to remit or reduce the same?

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, except that the fine was £3 3s. The answer to the second part in the negative.

Were the Magistrates entitled on a technical point like this to open up the question of the contents of this pamphlet; and is not the fine much too large for the offence?

asked the Secretary for Mines whether, in view of the importance to-day of extracting all possible results from each ton of coal, he can inform the House whether, apart from the experimental plant at Greenwich, any help is being given to the development of the low-temperature carbonisation process; and whether he is prepared to consider affording all possible encouragement to airy concern which is able to show a reasonable prospect of an oil and smokeless fuel production on a commercial basis?

I have been asked to reply. As regards what is already being done, I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to the hon. Member for Aberdare on the 8th March. As regards the question whether anything further can usefully be done, this is being considered in connection with the Report of the Royal Commission.

Is anything being done in addition to the experimental station at Greenwich?

I will communicate that question to my right hon. Friend.

asked the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over 100 children of English employés of the War Graves Commission, employed in the Ypres district, are attending Belgian schools; and, in view of the need of such children being afforded an English education, will he state whether any steps will be taken for such education to he provided?

I am aware that a considerable number of children of employés of the Imperial War Graves Commission in the Ypres and other areas are attending local schools, where an exceedingly good general education is given. As I explained in the Debate on the Imperial War Graves Commission Supplementary Estimate on 1st March last, it is impossible for me to set up schools all over the Continent for the purpose of teaching groups of English children.

asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that, under the Economy Bill, a woman whose husband dies during March, April, or May is disfranchised for 12 months; and whether he will introduce legislation during this Session to remedy this situation?

The question put by my hon. and gallant Friend is based on an assumption that under the existing law a widow on her husband's death must herself acquire a qualification by occupation of premises throughout the qualifying period. It is by no means certain that this assumption is correct; but supposing that it is, it will be the case, as suggested in the question, that the registration of widows whose husbands die during the three months referred to will be deferred for six months as the result of the abolition of the Spring Register. On the other hand, widows whose husbands die during the months of December, January and February will, by reason of the reduction of the qualifying period, be registered six months earlier than under the present system of two registers a year. The question is one which should be considered by the proposed Committee on the franchise, and, as the Home Secretary promised my hon. and gallant Friend last year, he will see that it is brought to their notice.

Is it not very undesirable that there should be doubt as to whether these women are allowed to vote or not?

That doubt will certainly be cleared up.

Will the hon. Gentleman consider introducing an Amendment in another place to deal with these particular cases?

A promise has already been made, and I have read it to the House.

asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that in police districts, other than London, the return showing the number of accidents resulting in death or personal injury known by the police to have been caused by vehicles in streets, roads, or public places is compiled on the. basis that each accident causing death or personal injury is counted as one accident only, irrespective of the number of persons killed or injured thereby; and whether he will take steps to secure that future returns are more accurate by being compiled, as in the case of the Metropolitan police district, on the basis of the number of persons killed or injured?

Yes, Sir. Arrangements have already been made for the number of persons killed and injured as well as the number of accidents to be shown for all police districts in the returns for the current and future years.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he, will take steps to see that the Imperial Exchequer does not lose the benefit of Death Duties in the case of the will of a British subject being proved in the Channel Islands?

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he proposes to introduce legislation for the purpose of preventing wealthy persons establishing domiciliary rights in Jersey and its contiguous islands for the purpose of avoiding the taxes imposed by this country, which is the source of their wealth?

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as he has riot sufficient powers to enable him to prevent the Treasury from losing the benefit of Death Duties through a transfer of domicile or the proving of a will in the Channel Islands, he will ask this House for such additional powers as may be necessary to enable him to deal with any such cases which have recently occurred or may occur in the future?

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, in the case of a British subject who earned his wealth when domiciled in this country and then prior to his death transferred his domicile to the Channel Islands, he will see that the benefit accrues to this country of Death Duties in any such cases which have recently occurred or may occur in the future?

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he proposes to take to prevent losses to the Imperial Treasury of Death Duties on estates of British subjects which may be transferred to the Channel Islands, as has been done in a recently reported case?

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, having regard to the risk of the Revenue losing Death Duties by a change of domicile to places outside the United Kingdom, particularly in the case of persons who have amassed large fortunes under the protection of the laws of the United Kingdom, he will consider the advisability of proposing legislation analagous to the provision that Estate Duty shall be payable on property voluntarily transferred within a fixed period before the death, in order that if in any case a genuine transfer of domicile in such circumstances he successfully proved the Revenue may still be protected.?

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to cases of wills being proved in the Channel Islands of persons previously resident in Great Britain who had recently acquired domicile in one of these islands; and whether he will take steps to see that the imperial Exchequer is not thereby deprived of the Death Duties ordinarily payable in the case of British domicile?

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he contemplates introducing fresh legislation to prevent persons deliberately evading Income Tax or Death Duties by changing their domicile with that end in View?

I think I can identify the case to which reference is made. The House may rest assured that the Inland Revenue authorities will take all necessary steps to secure payment of any Death Duties legally due. From such information as I have at present it appears that there is a good prospect of securing duty on the whole estate, the total amount of which, however, has probably been exaggerated. The question of the evasion of taxation by residence in the Channel Islands and of the measures required to prevent it has been under consideration for some time past, following the Report of the Atholl Committee on the Channel Islands Contributions; and I shall not hesitate to ask the House to take any action which may be suitable for the protection of the Revenue.

Has the right hon. Gentleman any reason to sop-pose that other unpatriotic persons q re attempting to evade national taxation by taking up their domicile in the Channel Islands?

Yes, Sir, this is one of the points to which we have been devoting attention, and which engaged the labours of the Commission which recently visited the Channel Islands.

Seeing that the right hon. Gentleman has identified the person referred to in the question, will he tell the House to what political party did that person belong?

From the point of view of the Inland Revenue, there is no such thing as a political party.

In the event of Death Duties being realised on the whole of this estate, will the right hon. Gentleman undertake to allocate some of those Death Duties for the benefit of the widows and relatives of those seamen who were successfully "skinned" in order that such an estate might be amassed?

Will the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind the question of retrospective legislation?

As the right hon. Gentleman is making inquiries in this matter, will he extend those inquiries so as to include cases of persons who, while retaining a British domicile, transfer their money abroad, in order to escape British taxation?

This is clearly not the moment in which to embark on a discussion of elaborate general questions.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount was paid for interest on the National Debt for the years 1913 and 1925; and the amount received for Income Tax and Super-tax for the same two years?

The amount paid for interest on the National Debt in 1913–14 was £19,104,986, and in 1925–26 was £306,994,847. The receipts for Income Tax and Super-tax were £43,900,000 and £3,300,000 respectively in 1913–14 and £259,400,000 and £68,500,000 respectively in 1925–26.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost involved in printing a brief note at the top or bottom of the next issue of Five Per Cent. War Loan dividend warrants, intimating that tax will be deducted at the request of the holder?