HC Deb 22 April 1902 vol 106 c934
MR. JOHN ELLIS (Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe)

I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will lay upon the Table a statement giving the name of all articles on which the customs import duties of 3d. and 5d. respectively will be charged, with the quantities of each imported during the financial year ending 31st March, 1902, and the respective amounts which each article would have contributed had the proposed duty been then in operation.

* THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.

If the hon. Member will place on the Paper a Motion for such a. Return as he desires, I will see what can be given.

MR. SYDNEY BUXTON (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)

Will the right hon. Gentleman also give in the Return fuller details of the articles subject to the flour and meal duty? When the tariff was abolished, all such articles were enumerated. I think we are entitled to have them in detail now.

SIR HENRY FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)

Will not a list of articles be supplied to all the Custom Houses in the Kingdom, and cannot the House have a copy of that?

* SIR. M. HICKS BEACH

Of course any such list will be at the disposal of the House.