not make further progress. He attempted to introduce binding arbitration for taxation disputes in an amendment to the 1958 Finance Bill. Campaigns Stevens supported the Society for Individual Freedom and sponsored dinners for the Society at the House of Commons. He was Vice Chairman of the Conservative backbench Finance committee. In the debate on the Finance Bill in 1960, when an all-night sitting was thought to be in prospect, Stevens appeared at the Bar of the House of Commons dressed in a silk dressing gown. In November 1960, Stevens signed an amendment calling for the reversal of the judgement which held Lady Chatterley's Lover not to be an obscene publication. Retirement However, Stevens' health caused him concern, and in January 1962 he announced that he would not stand for re-election as he was going deaf; both his father and brother had gone deaf at early age, and he believed he could not "continue work which necessitates understanding a question and answering it". He continued to press for lower taxes, arguing that many who called for higher tax on unearned income did not realise that those receiving it had previously worked to build up their assets. Leaving the House of Commons at the 1964 general election, Stevens moved to Haslemere. He retired as Partner of Pannell, Fitzpatrick & Co. in 1970. References M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" Vol. IV (Harvester Press, 1981) "Who Was Who", A & C Black The Times 1902 births 1981 deaths Royal Air Force officers English accountants Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Westminster School, London UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II 20th-century English businesspeople