HC Deb 29 March 1898 vol 55 c1242
MR. J. DALY (Monaghan, S.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1) whether he has received copies of Resolutions passed by public bodies in Ireland, regretting that the Imperial grant-in-aid of poor rate and county cess under the Local Government Bill only applies to land; (2) is he aware that heretofore mills, houses in towns, and other buildings got equal relief with land of about 3d. in the pound from the Estate Duty grant; and (3) whether he can state what steps the Government intend taking to compensate urban tenants if the Estate Duty grant is to be withdrawn in future?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

The statements contained in the first and second paragraphs are correct. As I have already more than once stated the Bill does not interfere with the grant provided for by the Probate Duties Act of 1888, and this grant will continue to be distributed on the same basis as heretofore. Those premises and hereditaments which, by its operation, have obtained relief in taxation, will still obtain the same relief when the Bill becomes law.