HC Deb 11 June 1903 vol 123 cc639-40
MR. CHARLES DOUGLAS (Lanarkshire, N.W.)

I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer at what, rate it is pro posed to pay rebate on stocks of flour on 1st July.

MR. RITCHIE

The rates of repayment of duty on flour will be as follows:—On flour which remains in the same condition as when imported, at the rate of duty paid, viz., 5d. per cwt.; on flour manufactured in the United Kingdom from foreign grain, the same rate as allowed when exported on drawback, viz., 3½d. per cwt.

MR. DELANY (Queen's Co., Ossory)

Will all millers have the advantage of this?

MR. RITCHIE

It does not matter in whose hands the corn is so long as the duty comes to £25. We cannot go below that.

MR. DELANY

Why confine it to that?

MR. RITCHIE

In this particular case we are making a very considerable concession, and a very important one. It is quite impossible to go down to the lowest sums as the hon. Gentleman desires, because it would enormously increase the difficulty of the work.