HC Deb 18 May 1915 vol 71 cc2204-5

2. "That, in addition to the duty of Excise now payable, for every gallon computed at proof of spirits distilled in the United Kingdom there shall, on and after the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and fifteen, be charged the following duty (that is to say):—

£ s. d.
For every gallon of spirits computed at proof 0 14 9
and so on in proportion for any less quantity.

"And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of The Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913."

Question, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution," put, and negatived.