§ MR. BYLES (Salford, N.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, with a view to preventing disturbance in the tea trade, which has twice been disorganised by alterations of duty during the last two years, he can now say if he proposes to reduce the tea duty this year.
§ MR. ASQUITHI am unable to depart from the established practice of declining to give any information as to the intentions of the Government with 1324 reference to duties upon commodities in advance of the Budget Statement.