§ CAPTAIN VERNEY (Bucks, N.)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will inform the House how many County Councils have passed and forwarded to him resolutions in favour of the Compensation Clauses of the Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Duties Bill, and how many resolutions condemning them?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN,) St. George's, Hanover SquareSo far as I can find—and a special eye has been kept on communications from County Councils in the mass of correspondence I have received—two County Councils have sent me resolutions against the so-called Compensation Clauses of the Local Taxation Bill, and one County Council, while expressing a general approval of the Local Taxation Bill, has declined to offer an opinion one way or another on the clauses to which the hon. Member refers.
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVRE (Bradford, Central)Does the answer of the right hon. Gentleman apply to Corporations as well as County Councils?
§ MR. GOSCHENI have answered the question on the Paper, which relates to County Councils.