Tobacco (Customs Duty).

Part of Orders of the Day — Customs and Excise – in the House of Commons at on 25 April 1939.

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Photo of Mr Edmund Radford Mr Edmund Radford , Manchester Rusholme

When the right hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced his Budget to-day, did he suggest that the taxation he was imposing was on a voluntary basis? When he called upon the people of the country, in accordance with their means and position, to contribute this money, it was not on a voluntary basis; it was compulsory. To that extent, there is a limited conscription of wealth.