§ MR. REMNANT (Finsbury, Holborn)To ask Mr. Attorney-General whether he is aware that new rules have been framed under the Land Transfer Acts, to come into operation on 1st January next, whereby the ad valorem fees payable in connection with the purchase and mortgage of property after first registration are largely increased; will he explain why higher fees are to be charged on subsequent dealings with the registered property than are charged on first registration; and whether he will postpone the introduction of the new rules until the Royal Commission at present engaged in taking evidence on the working of the registration system has reported on the working of the system and on the expediency of continuing or determining its operation.
(Answered by Sir W. Robson.) I am informed that the Lord Chancellor, by whom the rules were made, was fully aware of the considerations mentioned in the Question, and discussed the matter both with the advisory committee under the Act and with the Royal Commission. The rules have been published, and it is not intended to recall them.