§ Mr. INGLEBYasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been drawn to some figures given by the chairman of the finance committee to the Docking Board of Guardians at its last meeting purporting to show that some parishes in the Docking Union are largely under-assessed and some parishes over-assessed; and whether, for the guidance of overseers and assessment committees, he could obtain the assent of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to permit copies of the gross assessments made by surveyors of taxes and based on accurate returns to be placed at their disposal?
§ Mr. BURNSMy attention has not been drawn to the matter referred to. I may, however, refer the hon. Member to Section 13 of the Union Assessment Committee Act, 1862, and Section 22 of the Revenue Act, 1863, under which assessment committees may require certain information of the kind in question to be placed at their disposal.