§ 63. Lieut.-Colonel POWNALLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the amount of the legal fees payable to the legal profession by the public in order to carry out the provisions of Section 4 of the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, amended by the Finance Act, 1920, under which particulars of sales and leases have still to be delivered to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe delivery of the particulars referred to by my hon. and gallant Friend does not necessarily involve expenditure on legal assistance: and I have no information as to the amount of fees which may be paid in cases where such assistance is sought.
§ Lieut.-Colonel POWNALLCan the right hon. Gentleman say whether it is estimated that £500,000 per annum is paid in this way?
§ Sir R. HORNEI cannot say whether that is a reasonable figure or not.
§ Sir W. DAVISONIs not it great tyranny on the public, keeping this on, and quite unnecessary?