Orders of the Day — Purchase Tax (Greeting Cards)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 March 1950.

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Photo of Mr Ralph Assheton Mr Ralph Assheton , Blackburn West 12:00, 28 March 1950

The case I was trying to put was this—that the group 25 classification of 100 per cent. on pictures and photographs should not be applied to Christmas cards because Christmas cards were specifically mentioned under group 34 of the schedule to this Act of Parliament. I am advised that a legal opinion has been given that the Treasury and the Customs were wrong in charging Christmas cards under Group 25. That is a point the right hon. Gentleman did not meet.