§ 29. Mr. PETOasked the Minister of Munitions if the light beer manufactured 2036 for the Control Board and sold as shell beer contains very considerable quantities of saccharine; and if he is aware that the use of this article is prohibited in the case of brewers who brew beer?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of MUNITIONS (Dr. Addison)No light beer is specially manufactured for the Control Board. The use of saccharine is prohibited in the manufacture of beer brewed in a licensed brewery, but this prohibition does not extend to the manufacture of beer brewed elsewhere.
§ Mr. PETOIf the use of this saccharine is so unwholesome that it is prohibited in a brewery licensed to brew beer for sale, why is its use authorised for the peculiar liquid for the sale of which the right hon. Gentleman's Department is responsible?
§ Dr. ADDISONI am not responsible for the sale of any peculiar liquid. As for the other part of the question, it is a matter for the Inland Revenue authority. I cannot reply to it.