HC Deb 23 January 1902 vol 101 c670
MR. JEFFREYS

I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he can state what amount of revenue would have been produced during the past year if the old registration duty of 1s. a quarter upon imported corn had been imposed.

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

Had the Registration Duty of 1s. per quarter on grain been in force during 1901, the revenue derived there from would have been £2,183,000 for the year; and from meal and flour, at 4½d. per cwt., £475,000, making in all £2,658,000.

MR. WHITLEY (Halifax)

Can the right hon. Gentleman say how much of this would have come out of the pockets of the wage-earning classes?

* MR. SPEAKER

Order, order.