§ 96. Mr. GILBERTasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any payment on account of Sugar Duty was paid or allowed to the English beet-sugar 686 companies in Great Britain for last year; and, if no such payment was made, can he state the total duty secured by these companies on the quantity of sugar manufactured in this country?
Mr. GRAHAMIt is assumed that the hon. Member desires to ascertain the amount of Excise Duty that would have been payable on home produced sugar had the duty not been repealed as from 20th July, 1922. If this assumption is correct, the amount of duty chargeable in respect of the 1922–3 and 1923–4 season's output would have been approximately £140,000 and £250,000 respectively.