§ MR. CRAUFURDsaid, he wished to ask Mr. Attorney General, Whether the Law Officers of the Crown have ever sanctioned the exemption of small Pamphlets from the securities required by the Act 60 Geo. III., c. 9, s. 8; and, whether he can explain the rules by which the Board of Inland Revenue, as advised by the Law Officers, decide whether any Publication shall be subjected to the securities required from Newspapers, Pamphlets, and other Papers by the Act 60 Geo. III., c. 9, s. 8?
THE ATTORNEY GENERALsaid, that the present Law Officers of the Crown had certainly never sanctioned the exemption of small Pamphlets from the provisions of the Statute. He really could not undertake to say what might have been done since the passing of the Act of the 60th 1975 Geo. III. With respect to the latter part of the Question of the hon. Member, the advice of the Law Officers of the Crown, so far as he (the Attorney General) knew, had never been sought for or obtained as to the conditions which were required to bring newspapers or pamphlets within the Statute.