§ Mr. MONDasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware of delays in the Inland Revenue Department in assessing Legacy Duty, thus preventing the closing of estates; and whether, if such delays are due to insufficiency of staff, he will cause additional staff to be engaged in order to meet the inconvenience arising?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEIf the hon. Member will furnish me with particulars of any case in which it is considered that there has been undue delay in assessing Legacy Duty, I will cause inquiry to be made. As regards the second part of his question, I understand that there are at the moment some vacancies in the staff of the office which administers this duty, but that an examination has just been held from which it is hoped to fill them.