Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 22 Ebrill 1948.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Purchase Tax on baskets was increased from 5o per cent. to 66⅔ per cent.; that many of these baskets are made by blind people; that it has already caused additional unemployment amongst the blind; and whether he will arrange to relieve such products made by blind people from all Purchase Tax.