§ Mr. FELLasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will explain why security has not been obtained for the payment of any Increment Duty that may ultimately be assessed on the 100,000 transfers of land that have been passed and provisionally stamped since the Budget of 1909–10 came into operation; and how he proposes to collect the tax from persons liable for duty who may have left the country?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSESecurity was not required in any of the cases in question for the reason that no danger of loss of revenue was apprehended. Cases have not arisen in which persons liable to duty have left the country.
§ Mr. FELLIs it possible for the right hon. Gentleman to know how many of these people have left the country?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThat is the information I get, and I presume the Department is well informed.
§ Earl WINTERTONMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman if he keeps a register of the addresses of these people that he can tell us in this confident manner?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThat is the information supplied by the Department, and I have not found it to be inaccurate.