HC Deb 09 July 1914 vol 64 c1235
96. Mr. CASSEL

asked whether the Law Officers of the Crown were consulted as to whether the Finance Bill should be passed into law by the 5th September and not the 5th August?

Mr. MONTAGU

I would refer the hon. and learned Member to the statement which my right hon. Friend made yesterday on the subject.

Mr. CASSEL

Is that an answer in the negative or in the affirmative?

Mr. MONTAGU

I have nothing to add to the statement made yesterday.

Mr. CASSEL

Is the hon. Member aware that the statement made by the right hon. Gentleman is no sort of an answer?

Mr. MONTAGU

I have just read it, and I think that it is a very full answer.

Mr. JAMES HOPE

Under whose advice was it that the Chancellor of the Exchequer said formerly that 5th September was the date?

Mr. MONTAGU

All the circumstances were explainted in Debate yesterday.