MILK LICENCE CHARGES.

HC Deb 08 May 1924 vol 173 cc632-3

34. Sir COURTENAY MANSEL

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether milk licence charges will now be refunded to producers?

Mr. ALEXANDER

I have been asked to reply. The Government will abide by the judgment of the House of Lords, which decided that the charge imposed upon the milk licensees was illegal. Where licensees have already paid this charge, the obligation on the Government is to repay them, and no one else.