HC Deb 10 May 1915 vol 71 c1352
11. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the small return to the State of the work done by the clerks in the Land Valuation Department, he can see his way to suspend their operations over the War and allow those coming within the enlistment age to have the opportunity of serving their country at the front?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Lloyd George)

I have nothing to add to the full statement I made in my reply of the 20th ultimo to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Haggerston.

Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKE

Is it not a fact that the cost of these men very much exceeds the amount collected by the State?

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE

I have really replied to this fallacy so often, and the fact is so obvious, that I do not think I can bore the House by repeating it.