HC Deb 07 March 1904 vol 131 cc273-4
MR. BLACK (Banffshire)

To ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether he is aware that revenue officials with the; knowledge that a false description is taking place do not prevent grain and foreign spirits being mixed with malt and whisky and labelled as pure malt whisky in warehouses under Government supervision; and, if so, will he state what steps he proposes to take in the matter.

(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) There are many reasons which make it undesirable to employ revenue officials in an attempt to regulate the trade descriptions that are placed upon goods in bond, the strongest of all being that any such *Information, not yet available.

(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) According to the official trade accounts, no linen yarns were imported direct from France into Ireland during the period named.