§ MR. CAUSTON (Southwark, W.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state what steps are being taken to secure to the exporters of confectionery the drawback on goods despatched since the passing of the Budget resolution on sugar.
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACHThe Finance Act will include provision of a drawback of the duty paid by the exporter on the sugar used in his exports. Such, however, will not come into effect for some 1315 time, because the stock of duty-free sugar must be exhausted first. I expect shortly to receive a deputation of the trade on the subject.
§ MR. KEARLEY (Devonport)What is to happen, meanwhile, to export confectioners who have not laid in a supply of duty-free sugar?
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACHThere has been a very considerable amount of duty-free sugar imported in anticipation of the Budget, much more than the usual supply.