§ MR. M'COMBIEsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether the Government intend making any alteration in the Malt Duties this Session, or whether they are prepared to modify them in so far as they may bear injuriously on the agricultural interest?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERI hope the hon. Gentleman will excuse me if I decline at this period of the Session to go into the question of the malt tax. It will not be very long before I shall have to make my Financial Statement to the House, and then I can argue the matter at length. Any answer which I might give at present would only do injustice to so large a subject.