HC Deb 23 March 1908 vol 186 cc1059-60
MR. G. GREENWOOD (Peterborough)

To ask Mr. Attorney-General whether the inquiry into the working of the Land Transfer Acts, recently promised by the Lord Chancellor, is to be by Royal Commission or by Committee;

*Paragraph 279 of Select Committee's Report.

whether such inquiry will include the question of the further extension of compulsory registration of title under those Acts; and whether it will commence at a sufficiently early date to enable a report to be presented during the present session.

(Answered by Sir W. Robson.) The matter is not yet settled; but, so far as present intention goes, the inquiry would be by Royal Commission. It will include the question of the further extension of compulsory registration of title under the Acts mentioned, and I hope it will commence at a sufficiently early date to enable a Report to be presented during the present session.