§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the final Court of Appeal under the Food and Drugs Act in this country has decided that brandy consists of grape wine distilled in a pot still; and whether he intends to take steps to prevent spirit made from decayed maize, sago, beet, potatoes, treacle, or rotten rice, in a patent still, being blended in Government warehouses with genuine brandy and described and sold as such.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. ASQUITH, Fifeshire, E.)I do not know to what Court or to what judgment the hon. Member refers. But in any case the suggested blending of brandy with patent still spirit cannot take place in bonded warehouses, as the regulations prohibit the blending in Government warehouses of British and foreign spirits for delivery for home consumption.