HC Deb 04 April 1927 vol 204 c1703
99. Brigadier-General BROOKE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered the feasibility and desirability of imposing a variable duty on beer with the object of promoting the use of British malt and hops and of providing the public with a better article of consumption?

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Ronald McNeill)

I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply which I gave on the 30th March to my hon. Friend the Member for Leominster.