MR. DUNDAS WHITE (Dumbartonshire)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the land at Cloch Point which was selected for defence purposes in 1899 and purchased for £13,050 in 1905 and re-sold for £10,000 in 1907, whether that land formed part of any estate on which Estate Duty was paid between 1899 and 1905, and, if so, what was taken as the principal or capital value of that land for Estate Duty purposes under Section 7 (5) of The Finance Act, 1894.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George). I regret that I am unable to answer my hon. friend's Question. The records of the Estate Duty Office do not enable me to say whether Estate Duty has been paid on a particular piece of property during a given period.