§ SIR HENRY HOAREsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether—as he intends all horses to be subject to the Excise License, excepting those kept for purely agricultural purposes—it should not be made perfectly clear to the Yeomanry, in the event of that force being maintained, that their horses would no longer be exempt from taxation?
MR. SCOURFIELDsaid, in order to save the right hon. Gentleman the trouble of rising twice on the same subject, he would also put his Question, As no exemption from Duty was mentioned in the published Resolutions on the Excise Duties, whether it is intended to continue the present exemption of horses 1098 employed in agriculture from the Duty on horses?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERSir, it is not intended to do away with the exemption now enjoyed by persons for their horses employed in the Yeomanry, or in agriculture. The error has arisen from confounding the Resolutions with the provisions of the Bill. The former are merely intended as the foundation of the Act, and exemptions do not appear in them.