§ MR. J. W. SIDEBOTHAM (Cheshire, Hyde)I beg to ask the Attorney General whether Voluntary Schools are exempt from rates from the date on which the Voluntary Schools Act received the Royal Assent, 8th April; and whether in the case of a rate levied on 1st April, a Voluntary School would be liable for the whole half-year's rate, or for one week's proportion only?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir RICHARD WEBSTER,) Isle of WightIn my opinion the liability is complete as soon as the rate is levied, and in the case put by my hon. Friend the school is liable for the whole amount of the rate levied on April 1.