§ Mr. HERRIOTTSasked the Secretary for Mines if he will give the amount of money received by each of the 12 persons who had over £7,000 from coal royalties in the County of Durham in the last financial year?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSMy hon. Friend asked me to reply to this question. The information desired is only obtainable from returns, etc., in connection with the administration of the Mineral Eights Duty, and I regret that the obligations of secrecy which attach to all matters of taxation do not permit the Board of Inland Revenue to disclose individual amounts of income from any source.