§ Mr. ARTHUR FELL (for Captain Morrison-Bell)asked the First Lord of the Treasury if his attention has been drawn to the announcement by the Royal Commissioners on the Land Transfer Acts that, throughout their inquiry, very little evidence has been advanced with reference to the desirability of an extension of the present system, either by private persons interested in land or by representative public bodies; and whether, under these circumstances, the further extension of the system of compulsory land registry, as indicated in the Finance Bill, can be strictly limited?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMy attention has been called to the announcement referred to in the question. I understand that it was issued with the object of eliciting the views of representative public bodies and private individuals as to the desirability of an extension of the existing system of land registration, and until the response to this circular is known and the Commission has issued its Report it would be obviously irregular and premature to draw any deductions as to the weight and tendency of the evidence presented to the Commission.
§ Mr. FELLIs the Prime Minister in a position to give any information from any quarter of a desire to have compulsory land registration?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI do not know personally. I do not think that such information would ordinarily come to me.