§ 21. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the present and prospective shortage of beet sugar and the high price of all kinds of sugar, the Government will encourage the erection of beet sugar factories this autumn and the sowing of sugar beet in Great Britain next spring by exempting Home-grown sugar from Excise Duty for the next ten years?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe Government have, of course, no intention in the present circumstances of proposing an Excise Duty on Home-grown sugar.