§ Mr. Brookeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give, classified according to their net values, the average numbers of estates liable to Estate Duty in the three years ended 31st March, 1939, and also the numbers for each year since that date?
§ Sir K. WoodMy hon. Friend will find details of the number of estates paying duty in the three years ended 31st March, 1939, in the table on pages 24 and 25 of the 82nd Annual Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revene (Cmd. 6099 of 1940). The Reports of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for the later years have not been published, but the following table shows for broad classes of estates the figures for the past three years:
surrendered to be reissuable during hostilities and the maximum being limited?
§ Sir K. WoodI have considered my hon. Friend's proposal, but I fear that I cannot adopt it.