HC Deb 21 March 1901 vol 91 c737
MR. FIELD

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will grant a Return of the old valuations and the new valuations recently made in Belfast by the Irish Valuation Commission.

MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN

There are 85,000 rateable hereditaments in Belfast, and I do not think that the value of the Return would be sufficient to justify the labour and expense which it would involve.

MR. FIELD

Then the reply is in the negative?

MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN

Yes, on the grounds I have stated.