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Racing is invariably regarded as "fair game" by politicians seeking new forms of taxation, and the sport was again under fire in England recently. In the House of Commons, Mr. Alan Herbert (Independent, Oxford University) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he could give an appropriate estimate of the total sum expended annually on betting in the United Kingdom, and whether,, in view of the increasing burden of taxation open productive industry and the earnings of the people, he would prepare a plan for the effective imposition of a tax upon this indulgence. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in a %vritten reply,' said: "I regret that I have no information which would enable me to furnish an estimate of the total sum expended annually on betting." The suggestion made in the second part was-noted.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 125, 28 May 1937, Page 13
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