Oral Answers to Questions — Bills Presented. – in the House of Commons at on 16 April 1929.
"to grant complete exemption of rates during the current half-year in the case of agricultural hereditaments in England to which the Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928, applies; and for purposes in connection therewith," presented by Mr. Chamberlain; supported by Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Guinness, and Sir Kingsley Wood; to be read a second time upon Friday, and to be printed. [Bill 95.]
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