§ 49. Mr. CHARLES BATHURSTasked whether the Government propose to propound or approve officially a policy of throwing additional burdens upon agricultural industry by the imposition of a tax levied upon the site value of agricultural land pending the issue of the Report of the Treasury Departmental Committee on the relations between Imperial and Local Taxation?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI must refer the hon. Member to the answers which I have recently given with regard to the intentions of the Government in these matters, and to the reply of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to a question by the hon. Member for Enfield on 6th June.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTIn view of the general interest in this matter and the anxiety that is being felt by some classes of the community, can the right hon. Gentleman accelerate the issue of this Departmental Committee's Report?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI see no reason to suppose there will be delay, but I will take note of the suggestion of the hon. Gentleman.