§ MR. ESSEX (Gloucestershire, Cirencester)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether in the Bill he desires to introduce this session to prohibit the use of hop substitutes in the brewing of beer in the United Kingdom, he will also prohibit, the use of malt substitutes in the brewing of beer; and, failing such prohibition, will he make it obligatory upon the sellers of beer in this country to declare the substances, if any, other than malt and hop extract in the brewing of such beer to each buyer.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) I do not think that the use of malt substitutes is on the same footing as that of hop substitutes, and, unless an equally good case were made out for prohibiting the use of malt substitutes, I should not feel disposed to support my hon. friend's proposal. But the point can be further considered when the proposed Bill is being prepared.