MR. MILNES-GASKELL (York, W.R., Morley)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If the Select Committee on Town Holdings has, under its enlarged powers, authority to take into consideration the expediency of rendering all Corporation Stocks and all Debenture Stocks of Railways in the United Kingdom liable to local taxation; and, if not, whether the Government would consent to the appointment of a Select Committee to consider the subject?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EX-CHEQUER (Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT) (Derby), in reply, said, it was his impression that this question would not come within the scope of the Committee on Town Holdings, but that it rather referred to the question of local government, with regard to which Her Majesty's Government intended introducing a Bill.