HC Deb 18 May 1914 vol 62 c1557
5 Mr. STANIER

asked where the sugar beet, amounting to 8,000 cwts., which was charged duty in 1873–4, as reported in the Inland Revenue Commissioners' Report [Cd. 4474] of 1885, was grown; and what was the duty charged?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

The sugar beet in question appears to have Been grown in the neighbourhood of Lavenham, Suffolk. The duty from 1870 to May, 1873, was from 4s. to 6s. per cwt., and from 1873 to 1874 from 2s. to 3s. per cwt.