HC Deb 21 August 1916 vol 85 cc2273-4
84. Mr. STUART-WORTLEY

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will say what would be the estimated loss to the Imperial Exchequer if at the present rates of interest for money the policy of the Wyndham Land Act of 1903 were carried to completion by the sale to tenants of land in Ireland of the freehold of the farms they occupy in all the cases contemplated by that Act but not as yet dealt with thereunder?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. McKenna)

This is a hypothetical question, and from inquiries which I have made I fear that the estimate asked for could not be framed without an excessive expenditure of time and labour.

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