§ 55. Mr. RAMSDENasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that manufacturers of sugar products doing an export trade are precluded from using Empire sugar because they can only obtain the full drawback on the exported products by proving that no Empire sugar has been used therein; and will he take such measures as will help to increase the consumption of Empire-grown sugar for the export as well as for the home trade?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe rate of drawback payable on the exportation of British sugar products in the manufacture of which Empire sugar has been used, is lower than in the case of similar goods containing foreign sugar because a lower 1149 rate of duty has been paid thereon. As regards the second part of the question, perhaps my hon. Friend will let me know what measures he has in mind.