§ Mr. Cormackasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the total receipts from estate duties during 1968–69 and 1969–70; and how much of this was made up of duty levied on charitable and philanthropic bequests.
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§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe answer to the first part of the Question is £381.9 million and £364.8 million. It is not known how much less the receipts would have been if charitable and philanthropic bequests had been excluded from the property chargeable to duty.