§ Mr. GLYN-JONESasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, in August last, determined the compensation to be paid in respect of the American Stores beerhouse, Stepney, at £530, although the total trade done at 14s. per barrel profit only produced £62 10s. per annum, and the county licensing committee for the county of London had considered £80 amply sufficient to compensate all parties for the extinction of the licence; whether the Commissioners of Inland Revenue gave the county licensing committee, or its valuer, an opportunity of appearing before them before allotting this sum of £530; and whether, in the future, the county licensing committee will always be invited to-appear before the Commissioners before the amounts to be paid in cases of compensation referred to the Commissioners are determined?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe answer to the first part of the hon. Member's question is in the affirmative. With regard to the second and third parts, it is the practice of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, 1363 before making their award, to invite both the Compensation Authority and the persons interested in the award to make a full statement of all circumstances relevant to a proper determination of the compensation value, and this practice was followed in the case to which the hon. Member refers. The reply to the concluding inquiry is in the negative.