HC Deb 20 October 1915 vol 74 c1788
57. Mr. JOWETT

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, having regard to the urgent need for increasing the nation's resources, he will include proposals in his next Budget to appropriate the whole annual value of all land for which the holders cannot produce a title, and to place a substantial tax on the annual value of all other land, the proceeds to be applied towards the cost of defending it?

Mr. McKENNA

I fear I cannot anticipate the proposals of the next Budget.

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