HC Deb 07 May 1896 vol 40 c754
MR. R. G. WEBSTER

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, whether the scope of the proposed Inquiry into rating charges will include or exclude the Metropolis?

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.

The Inquiry must necessarily include London in its purview.