§ MR. HERBERT LEWISI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that before the imposition of the sugar duty the prices of foreign refined sugar were from 6d. to 1s. per hundredweight below the price of English sugar of the same quality, while at present foreign refined sugar is higher in price than English sugar of the same quality; and has he any official information showing the cause for this change in the relative prices of English and foreign sugar.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR, Leeds, Central)My right hon. friend has asked me to answer this question. If the hon. Gentleman will let me know the classes of refined sugar he refers to, and the names and dates of the markets, I will endeavour to obtain the information he asks for.