§ MR. LOUGH (Islington, W.)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether he will state, in supplement of Return No. 174, lately issued, what was the price per pound retail of the kind of sugar most largely consumed by the working classes, whether refined or unrefined, on or about the 1st day of March, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905, in the capital cities of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, France, Holland, Russia, Denmark, and Great Britain respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) There are no official records of retail prices of this kind of sugar in foreign countries, but inquiry shall be made whether it is possible to obtain the desired figures for the years referred to.