HC Deb 18 June 1900 vol 84 c279
GENERAL RUSSELL (Cheltenham)

I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government have come to any decision regarding the re-mission of the death duties to widows of those officers who have lost their lives in the service of their country during the present war.

*THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.

The hon. Member will find the result of the consideration of this subject embodied in section 14 of the Finance Act of this year.