72. Major Hicks Beachasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, when framing his Budget proposals, he will consider a revision of the existing law concerning the aggregation of trusts and estates for assessing the rates of Estate Duty, bearing in mind the present existing anomalies.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI note my hon. and gallant Friend's suggestion; but he will not expect me to anticipate my Budget statement.