HC Deb 26 May 1909 vol 5 cc1331-5

1. "That in the case of persons dying n or after the 30th day of April, 1909, there shall be substituted for the rates of Estate Duty set out in the First Schedule to the Finance Act, 1907, the following rates:—

Resolution read a second time.

Motion made and Question put, "That The House this House doth agree with the Committee 101. in the said Resolution."

Where the principal value of the estate Estate Duty shall be payable at the rate per cent. of
£ £
Exceeds 100 and does not exceed 500 1
Exceeds 500 and does not exceed 1,000 2
Exceeds 1,000 and does not exceed 5,000 3
Exceeds 5,000 and does not exceed 10,000 4
Exceeds 10,000 and does not exceed 20,000 5
Exceeds 20,000 and does not exceed 40,000 6
Exceeds 40,000 and does not exceed 70,000 7
Exceeds 70,000 and does not exceed 100.000 8
Exceeds 100,000 and does not exceed 150,000 9
Exceeds 150,000 and does not exceed 200,000 10
Exceeds 200,000 and does not exceed 400.000 11
Exceeds 400,000 and does not exceed 600,000 12
Exceeds 600,000 and does not exceed 800,000 13
Exceeds 800,000 and does not exceed 1.000.000 14
Exceeds 1,000,00 15

The House divided: Ayes, 275; Noes, 104.

Division No. 145.] AYES. [11.33 p. m.
Abraham, William (Rhondda) Byles, William Pollard Duncan, C. (Barrow-in-Furness)
Acland, Francis Dyke Cameron, Robert Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley)
Adkins, W. Ryland D. Cawley, Sir Frederick Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne)
Allen, A. Acland (Christchurch) Chance, Frederick William Dunne, Major E. Martin (Walsall)
Allen, Charles P. (Stroud) Channing, Sir Francis Allston Edwards, Enoch (Hanley)
Armitage, R. Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor)
Armstrong, W. C. Heaton Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Elibank, Master of
Ashton, Thomas Gair Cleland, J. W Erskine, David C.
Astbury, John Meir Clough, William Essex, R. W.
Balfour, Robert (Lanark) Clynes, J. R. Esslemont, George Birnie
Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) Cobbold, Felix Thornley Evans, Sir Samuel T.
Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) Everett, R. Lacey
Barlow, Percy (Bedford) Collins, Sir Wm. J. (St. Pancras, W.) Falconer, James
Barnard, E. B. Compton-Rickett, Sir J. Fenwlck, Charles
Barnes, G. N. Cooper, G. J. Ferens, T. R.
Barran, Rowland Hirst Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) Findlay, Alexander
Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. Gibb, James (Harrow)
Beale, W. P. Cotton, Sir H. J. S. GIII, A. H.
Beaumont, Hon. Hubert Cowan, W. H. Glen-Coats, Sir T. (Renfrew, W.)
Beck, A. Cecil Crooks, William Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford
Bellairs, Carlyon Crossley, William J. Gooch, George Peabody (Bath)
Benn, W. (Tower Hamlets, St. Geo.) Curran, Peter Francis Greenwood, G. (Peterborough)
Bennett, E. N. Dalziel, Sir James Henry Greenwood, Hamar (York)
Bowerman, C. W. Davies, David (Montgomery Co.) Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward
Bramsdon, T. A. Davies, Ellis William (Eifion) Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
Brooke, Stanford Davies, Timothy (Fulham) Harcourt, Rt. Hon. L. (Rossendale)
Brunner, J. F. L (Lancs., Leigh) Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose)
Brunner, Rt. Hon. Sir J. T. (Cheshire) Dewar, Sir J. A. (Inverness-shire) Hardie, J. Keir (Merthyr Tydvil)
Bryce, J. Annan Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N.) Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-shire)
Buckmaster, Stanley O. Dickson-Poynder, Sir John P. Harvey, W. E. (Derbyshire, N.E.)
Burns, Rt. Hon. John Dobson, Thomas W. Harwood, George
Buxton. Rt Hon Sydney Chorine Duckworth, Sir James Haslam, James (Derbyshire)
Haworth, Arthur A. Masterman, C. F. G. Seaverns, J. H.
Hedges, A. Paget Menzies, Walter Seely, Colonel
Helme, Norval Watson Micklem, Nathaniel Shaw, Sir Charles E. (Stafford)
Hemmerde, Edward George Molteno, Percy Alport Sherwell, Arthur James
Henderson, Arthur (Durham) Mond, A. Shipman, Dr. John G.
Henderson, J. McD. (Aberdeen, W.) Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) Silcock, Thomas Ball
Henry, Charles S. Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) Simon, John Allsebrook
Higham, John Sharp Morse, L. L. Smeaton, Donald Mackenzie
Hobart, Sir Robert Morton, Alpheus Cleophas Snowden, P.
Hobhouse, Charles E. H. Murray, Capt. Hon. A. C. (Kincard.) Soames, Arthur Wellesley
Hodge, John Myer, Horatio Spicer, Sir Albert
Holland, Sir William Henry Napier, T. B. Stanley, Hon. A. Lyulph (Cheshire)
Holt, Richard Durning Newnes, F. (Notts, Bassetlaw) Steadman, W. C.
Hooper, A. G. Nicholls, George Stewart-Smith, D. (Kendal)
Hope, W. H. B. (Somerset, N.) Norman, Sir Henry Straus, B. S. (Mile End)
Howard, Hon. Geoffrey Nussey, Thomas Willans Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon)
Hudson, Walter Nuttall, Harry Summerbell, T.
Hutton, Alfred Eddison O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) Sutherland, J. E.
Hyde, Clarendon G. O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) Taylor, John W. (Durham)
Illingworth, Percy H. O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) Tennant, Sir Edward (Salisbury)
Isaacs, Rufus Daniel Parker, James (Halifax) Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire)
Jardine, Sir J. Partington, Oswald Thomas, Abel (Carmarthen, E.)
Jenkins, J. Pearce, Robert (Staffs., Leek) Thomas, Sir A.,(Glamorgan, E.)
Johnson, John (Gateshead) Pearce, William (Limehouse) Thomasson, Franklin
Jones, Leif (Appleby) Pease, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Salt Wald.) Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton)
Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) Philipps, Owen C. (Pembroke) Tomkinson, James
Jowett, F. W. Pickersgill, Edward Hare Verney, F. W.
Kekewich, Sir George Pointer, J. Villiers, Ernest Amherst
Laidlaw, Robert Pollard, Dr. G. H. Vivian, Henry
Lamb, Edmund G. (Leominster) Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. Walters, John Tudor
Lamb, Ernest H. (Rochester) Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) Walton, Joseph
Lambert, George Price, Sir Robert J. (Norfolk, E.) Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent)
Lamont, Norman Priestley, Arthur (Grantham) Wardle, George J.
Layland-Barrett, Sir Francis Priestley, W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) Waring, Walter
Lehmann, R. C. Radford, G. H. Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan)
Lever, A. Levy (Essex, Harwich) Raphael, Herbert H. Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney)
Levy, Sir Maurice Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough) Waterlow, D. S.
Lloyd-George, Rt. Hon. David Rees, J. D. Watt, Henry A.
Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas Rendall, Atheistan Wedgwood, Josiah C.
Lupton, Arnold Richards, Thomas (W. Monmouth) Weir, James Galloway
Luttrell, Hugh Fownes Richards, T. F. (Wolverhampton, W.) White, Sir George (Norfolk)
Lyell, Charles Henry Ridsdale, E. A. White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire)
Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) Whitehead, Rowland
Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) Whitley, John Henry (Halifax)
Mackarness, Frederic C. Roberts, Sir J. H. (Denbighs.) Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P.
Maclean, Donald Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) Wilkie, Alexander
Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. Robinson, S. Williams, J. (Glamorgan)
MacNeill, John Gordon Swift Robson, Sir William Snowdon Williams, W. Llewelyn (Carmarthen)
Macpherson, J. T. Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) Williamson, A.
MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S.) Roe, Sir Thomas Wills, Arthur Walters
M'Callum, John M. Rogers, F. E. Newman Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R.)
McKenna, Rt. Hon. Reginald Rose, Charles Day Wilson, John (Durham, Mid)
M'Laren, Sir C. B. (Leicester) Rowlands, J. Wilson, J. H. (Middlesborough)
M'Laren, H. D. (Stafford, W.) Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter Wilson, P. W. (St. Pancras, S.)
M'Micking, Major G. Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton)
Maddison, Frederick Rutherford, V. H. (Brentford) Winfrey, R.
Mallett, Charles E. Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) Wood, T. M'Kinnon
Manfieid, Harry (Northants) Scarisbrick, T. T. L. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr.
Marnham, F. J. Schwann, C. Duncan (Hyde) J. H. Lewis and Captain Norton.
Mason, A. E. W. (Coventry) Scott, A. H. (Ashton-under-Lyne)
Massie, J. Sears, J. E.
NOES.
Acland-Hood, Rt Hon. Sir Alex. F. Carlile, E. Hildred Foster, P. S.
Anson, Si William Reynell Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H Gardner, Ernest
Arkwright, John Stanhope Castlereagh, Viscount Gooch, Henry Cubitt (Peckham)
Ashley, W. W. Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) Gordon, J.
Balcarres, Loud Cecil, Lord R. (Marylebone, E.) Goulding, Edward Alfred
Baldwin, Stanley Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. A. (Worc'r.) Gretton, John
Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (City Lend.) Clark, George Smith Guinness, Hon. R. (Haggerston)
Banbury, Sir Frederick George Clive. Percy Archer Harrison-Broadley, H. B.
Banner, John S. Harmcod- Clyde, J. A Hazleton, Richard
Baring, Capt. Hon. G. (Winchester) Coates, Major E. F. (Lewisham) Helmsley, Viscount
Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) Cochrane, Hon. Thomas H. A. E. Hermon-Hodge, Sir Robert
Beckett, Hon. Gervase Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) Hill, Sir Clement
Bignold, Sir Arthur Craik, Sir Henry Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield)
Bowles, G. Stewart Dalrymple, Viscount Houston, Robert Paterson
Bridgeman, W. Clive Doughty, Sir George Hunt, Rowland
Brotherton, Edward Allen Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- Joynson-Hicks, William
Bull, Sir William James Faber, George Denison (York) Kerry, Earl of
Burdett-Coutts, W. Faber, Capt. W. V. (Hants, W.) Keswick, William
Butcher, Samuel Henry Forster, Henry William Lambton, Hon Frederick William
Lane-Fox, G. R Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staffordshire)
Lee, Arthur H. (Hants, Fareham) Parkes, Ebenezer Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester)
Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. A. R. Peel, Hon. W. R. W. Talbot, Rt. Hon. J. G. (Oxford sly.)
Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham) Pretyman, E. G. Thornton, Percy M.
Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred Randles, Sir John Scurrah Tuke, Sir John Batty
MacCaw, William J. MacGeagh Ratcliff, Major R. F. Valentia, Viscount
M'Calmont, Colonel James Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel Walker, Col. W. H. (Lancashire)
Mason, James F. (Windsor) Remnant, James Farquharson Warde, Col. C. E. (Kent, Mid)
Meysey-Thompson, E. C. Renwick, George Williams, Col. R. (Dorset, W.)
Mildmay, Francis Bingham Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) Willoughby de Eresby, Lord
Morpeth, Viscount Ronaldshay, Earl of Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E.R.)
Morrison-Bell, Captain Ropner, Colonel Sir Robert Wortley, Rt. Hon. C. B. Stuart-
Newdegate, F. A. N. Rutherford, W. W. (Liverpool) Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George
Nicholson, Wm. G. (Petersfield) Salter, Arthur Clavell TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr.
Nugent, Sir Walter Richard Sheffield, Sir Berkeley George D. Pike Pease and the Marquess of Hamilton.
Oddy, John James Stanley, Hon. Arthur (Orinskirk)
O'Donnell, C. J. (Waiworth) Starkey, John R.

Resolution reported,