§ MR. KILBRIDE (Kildare, S.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether be will appoint a Committee of analytical experts to fix a legal standard in the case of whisky, such as is done in other articles of consumption, in order to protect the public against spurious substitutions.
§ MR. VICTOR CAVENDISHThe Board of Inland Revenue do not think that it would be of any practical use to attempt to fix a legal standard for whisky. There is already a minimum legal standard of strength below which whisky may not be sold without notice, and other conditions must necessarily vary widely according to the taste of consumers.