§ MR. H. C. LEA (St. Pancras, E.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will grant a Return showing the output of pot-still spirit in Scotland and Ireland, respectively, during the last financial year and for the six months ended 30th September last; and the output in gallons of patent-still spirit in England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, for the same periods above mentioned.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEThe information in question is not available. 461 The Board of Inland Revenue are not required to discriminate, for duty or other purposes, between pot-still and patent-still spirit, and consequently separate accounts are not kept of the respective outputs.