§ MR. M'LAGANasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether his attention has been called to an official statement recently made, to the effect that
it would not be easy to provide any substitute for the passenger duty as at present levied which would not operate unfairly and unequally upon the different Companies;and, if so, whether this statement is to be taken as a correct expression of the 527 latest views of the Government with regard to any amendment of the provisions of the Law relating to that duty?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, in reply, said, the observation referred to in the Question, recently made by Lord Henniker, was not to be regarded as a complete statement of the views of Her Majesty's Government upon the subject, but merely as an expression of opinion on one part of the case.