HC Deb 01 May 1882 vol 268 c1813
MR. STEWART MACLIVER

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Whether, after the proposed Resolution has become Law, prohibiting the mixture with coffee of any other ingredient than chicory, a drawback will be allowed to manufacturers upon other vegetables hitherto used for mixing, and upon which the same Duty as the Duty upon Chicory has been paid?

LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH

The Government will be prepared to refund the duty in all cases in which such vegetable substances are still in charge, after the duty has been paid thereon. But where the duty has been paid, and the goods have been delivered for home consumption, Her Majesty's Government must adhere to their invariable practice of not making repayment.