HC Deb 13 August 1896 vol 44 c753
MR. RADCLIFEE COOKE (Hereford)

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board whether he could now give the House the names of the Commission appointed to consider the subject of local taxation?

THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. T. W. RUSSELL,) Tyrone, S.

The Queen has approved the following list of names to constitute a Royal Commission to inquire into the present system under which taxation is raised for local purposes, and report whether all kinds of real and personal property contribute equitably to such taxation, and, if not, what alterations in the law are desirable in order to secure that result:—

Lord Balfour (Chairman),

Lord Emlyn,

Sir John Hibbert,

Mr. J. B. Balfour, M.P.,

Mr. C. B. Stuart-Wortley, M.P.,

Mr. J. L. Wharton, M.P.,

Mr. Arthur O'Connor, M.P.,

Mr. J. Stuart, M.P.,

Mr. C. A. Cripps, M.P.,

Sir Alfred Milner, K.C.B. (Inland Revenue),

Sir Edward Hamilton (Treasury),

Mr. C. N. Dalton (Local Government Board),

Mr. T. H. Elliott (Board of Agriculture),

Mr. E. O. Smith (Town Clerk of Birmingham), and

Mr. H. E. Clare (Town Clerk of Liverpool).