§ 48. Viscount SANDONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will permit antique silk to be admitted without duty or, failing that, for it to be readmitted free into Great Britain when it has been taken abroad for exhibition or profession purposes?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLSilk articles, whether antiques or otherwise, taken abroad for such purposes as exhibition, and not remanufactured abroad, would be admitted free of duty on return to this country, subject to any drawback paid on export being repaid to the Exchequer.
§ Sir H. BRITTAINIn what period does silk become antique?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI think I have replied to the question on the Paper, and for the purpose of this question I am not called upon to distinguish between what is and is not an antique.