HC Deb 25 August 1909 vol 9 cc2272-3W
Mr. ARKWRIGHT

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, with a view t0> elucidating the operation of the new valuation proposals in Clause 30, Subsection (2) of the Finance Bill, he will ascertain from the Commissioners referred to in that Clause what sum would be treated by them as the annual equivalent of the sum of £1,497 15s., adjudged by Mr. Justice Kennedy to be the sum payable as compensation under Sub-section (1) of Section 2 of The Licensing Act, 1904, in the case of the Crown, Cobham?

Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE

As the whole question of the annual compensation value will come up shortly for discussion in the House, I scarcely think it is necessary for me to enter into it beforehand in the manner suggested by the hon. Member.