§ 85. Mr. CASSELasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government must be taken to have rejected in advance the Report of the majority of the Local Taxation Committee on the Rating of Land Values, or whether they will be willing to reconsider the position in the light of that Report?
§ Mr. MONTAGUMy right hon. Friend has nothing to add to his previous statements on this subject.
§ Mr. CASSELIs it the case that the Report of this Committee against the rating of site values is contrary to the policy to which the Chancellor of the Exchequer pledged himself at Glasgow in advance of the Report?
§ Mr. MONTAGUIf the hon. Member will be good enough to look at the statement to which I have referred him, he will see what it is, to which I have nothing to add.
§ Mr. RAFFANIs it the fact that there are two Reports, one signed by seven Members of the Committee and the other by six Members of the Committee; and the Minority Report contains a statement in support of the taxation of land values, and is much more intelligent than the statement of the majority?
§ Mr. OUTHWAITEIs there any precedent for a Government taking its policy from a Departmental Committee?
§ Mr. CASSELIs there any precedent for a Government not waiting until a Departmental Committee has reported?