§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total yield to the Treasury from Death Duties for the months of this year, giving comparative figures for the years 1925 and 1926?
Mr. SAMUELThe total yield to the Exchequer from Death Duties for the seven months of the current financial year (April to October inclusive) was £39,770,000. The corresponding figures for the first seven months of the years 1925-26 and 1926-27 were £34,460,000 and £35,460,000, respectively.