HC Deb 02 March 1857 vol 144 cc1587-8
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

said, he would take that opportunity of mentioning that since he answered the question of the right hon. Member for Manchester (Mr. Milner Gibson), on Thursday night, with respect to the tea duties, he had found that there were no binding rules with regard to the order in which Resolutions in Committee of Ways and Means came on, and he pro- posed, therefore, notwithstanding the Resolution on the income tax had been already read, to proceed first with the Resolutions respecting the tea and sugar duties, as he was aware that those engaged in the tea and sugar trades suffered great inconvenience from uncertainty as to the duties.