§ Mr. MOUNTasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he was now able to give the names of the members of the Committee on Local Taxation which he had promised to appoint; and further, whether he could state the terms of reference to that Committee?
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§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe composition of the Committee is as follows:—Chairman:—
Sir John Kempe, K.C.B., Comptroller and Auditor-General.
Members:—
F. E. N. Rogers, Esq., Vice-Chairman, Wiltshire County Council.
T. J. Hughes, Esq., Vice-Chairman, Glamorgan County Council.
Lewis Beard, Esq., Town Clerk, County Council, Blackburn.
A. W. Myles, Esq., Town Clerk, Glasgow.
William Murison, Esq., Clerk, Aberdeen County Council.
Bight Hon. Sir Henry Robinson, K.C.B., Vice-President, Local Government Board, Ireland.
H. C. Monro, Esq., C.B., Secretary to Local Government Board.
G. L. Barstow, Esq., Treasury.
G. E. P. Murray, Esq., Education Department.
An endeavour is being made to secure the services of someone familiar with the conditions of London. The terms of reference are: "To inquire into the changes which have taken place in the relations between Imperial and local taxation since the Report of the Royal Commission on Local Taxation in 1901 to examine the several proposals made in the Reports of that Commission, and to make recommendations on the subject for the consideration of His Majesty's Government with a view to the introduction of legislation at an early date."