HC Deb 01 March 1880 vol 251 cc126-7

Ordered, That the Select Committee be reappointed to inquire into the effects produced upon the Home and Colonial Sugar Industries of this Country by the systems of taxation, drawbacks, and bounties on the exportation of Sugar now in force in various Foreign Countries, and to report what steps, if any, it is desirable to take in order to obtain redress for any evils that may be found to exist:—That the Committee do consist of Seventeen Members:—Mr. BOURKE, Mr. ALEXANDER BROWN, Mr. SAMPSON LLOYD, Mr. BELL, Mr. THORNHILL, Mr. JAMES STEWART, Mr. JAMES CORRY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. BALFOUR, Mr. COLLINS, Lord FREDERICK CAVENDISH, Sir JAMES M'GARELHOGG, Mr. ORR EWING, Mr. MORLEY, Mr. ONSLOW, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mr. RITCHIE:—Power to send for persons, papers, and records; Five to be the quorum.

Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Sugar Industries of the Session 1878–9 be referred to the Select Committee on Sugar Industries.—(Mr. Ritchie.)

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