Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 16 Mehefin 1947.
Mr Thomas Braddock
, Mitcham
12:00,
16 Mehefin 1947
I must say that every argument used from the front bench was in favour of the new Clause. My right hon. Friend admitted that people under Schedule D were allowed all these expenses. If it is good for the man in private practice to be allowed these subscriptions—these necessary subscriptions —surely the same argument applies to the man who is employed? Certain of these occupations are registered occupations, and, unless a man is registered and pays a subscription, he is prohibited from practising in his profession.
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