§ MR. TREVELYAN (York, W.R., Elland)On behalf of the honourable Member for the Launceston Division of Cornwall I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the evidence taken at Edinburgh in April last year before the Royal Commission on Local Taxation has not been published, whereas evidence taken in London in May, June, and July has been already issued; and when the Scotch evidence will be in the hands of Members?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (MR. COLLINGS,) Birmingham, BordesleyA volume containing English evidence taken up to July 1898 from the commencement of that year was published in February last, owing to the publication of two interim Reports which referred solely to English subjects and were based upon evidence in the volume referred to. As it was not then necessary to publish the Scottish evidence, which was closed in London in May 1898, the Commission decided that it would be more convenient to persons interested in Scottish rating questions to publish it in a separate volume, and this will be issued in about a month's time.