§ MR. FELLI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if, so long as the Customs duty on sugar imported into this country is maintained, there will be in effect a protective duty to a similar amount on any sugar which may be manufactured from beet in this country.
§ Mr. ASQUITHSo long as the law remains unaltered there would be no duty on any sugar which might be manufactured from beet in this country. But, if any such manufacture should in fact take place, it would become necessary, in view of our obligations under the Brussels Convention as well as for the protection of the revenue, to impose an excise duty upon sugar manufactured in the United Kingdom.
§ SIR EDWARD SASSOONAnd is not that 5s. over and above the import duty?
§ MR. ASQUITHasked for notice of the Question.