Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill. – in the House of Commons at on 29 June 1939.
Mr Edward Burgin
, Luton
That is all included in the scheme put forward last night and tallies exactly with the arrangements which are being made in the Departments for the purpose of operating this tax.
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