HC Deb 20 April 1899 vol 70 c63
MR. LAMBERT

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he can now say when the Agricultural Holdings Bill will be introduced?

MR. GRIFFITH BOSCAWEN

At the same time may I ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he can now state when the Government intend to bring in their Bill for relieving the clergy of a portion of the rates now paid by them, in accordance with the interim Report of the Royal Commission on Local Taxation?

MR. LEWIS

I beg also to ask the First Lord of the Treasury when the Agricultural Holdings Bill will be introduced?

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY

In answer to these Questions I have to say that in the present condition of public business it is quite impossible for me to make any statement on the subject.

MR. GRIFFITH BOSCAWEN

Is it the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill dealing with clerical rating at an early date?

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY

That Question has already been answered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and I have nothing to add to his reply.