§ MR. MORTON (Sutherland)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will arrange to make a similar grant to Scotland as that given to Ireland, namely, £6,000 per annum for five years for the encouragement of the growth of tobacco in Scotland.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEThe removal of the restriction upon the cultivation of tobacco in Scotland is to take effect under the Tobacco Growing (Scotland) Act, 1908, "as from a date to be fixed by His Majesty by Order in Council as soon as Parliament has made provision for an excise duty on tobacco produced in Scotland." Parliament has not yet made this provision in the case of Scotland, and the restriction consequently is still in force. As regards the power conferred on the Commissioners of Inland Revenue under Section (2) of the Act enabling them to authorise the growth of tobacco for experimental purposes in Scotland, I understand that they have as yet received no application for the grant of such permission.