§ MR. O'SHEE (Waterford, W.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he has given the further consideration promised to the suggested amendment of the Finance Acts for the purpose of relieving tenant purchasers in Ireland from the payment of stamp duty in respect of the redemption value on the loans made to them by the State for the purchase of their holdings; and whether, as it was never intended that such duty should be leviable, the matter will be dealt with by a new clause in the Finance Bill.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) I must refer the hon. Member to the Answer which I gave him on March 28th.‡ I cannot admit that it was never intended that such duty should be leviable.
† See (4) Debates, cliii., 55.‡ See (4) Debates, cliv., 1288.