§ Mr. ARMITAGEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state when he will be able to answer the question put to him last Session as to the date when the graduated stamp duty formerly imposed on receipts was abolished, and the reason for its abolition?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEThe graduated Receipt Duty was abolished in 1853. As to the reasons for its discontinuance, I may refer my hon. Friend to the financial statement of the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, which he will find in "Hansard," Vol. 125 (3rd Series), page 1406.