§ MR. COURTHOPE (Sussex, Rye)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer when the promised legislation to apply the Hop (Prevention of Frauds) Act to imported hops, and to prohibit the use of hop substitutes and chemical preservatives in beer, will be introduced.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEAs I said in my reply of 27th July last to my hon. friend the Member for the Cirencester division of Gloucestershire, it is proposed to introduce at an early date a Bill to prohibit the use of hop substitutes in the brewing of beer in the United Kingdom, provided general assent is secured to put it through during the autumn session. The question of the marking of foreign hops will be dealt with at the same time.