§ Mr. PEARCEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the additional amount of Licence Duty demanded from on-licence houses in London within the London County Council area and within the Metropolitan Police area, respectively; and what proportion these amounts bear to the total duties demanded from on-licence holders in the rest of the United Kingdom?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEIt will be impossible to give the amount of additional Licence Duty in respect of on-licence houses in London or in the rest of the United Kingdom until the annual licence values of hotels and restaurants and of public-houses and beerhouses of an annual value exceeding £500 have been determined in cases where the licence holders exercise the option allowed by the Finance (1909–10) Act,?910, of being charged Licence Duty by reference to annual licence value.