§ 62. Mr. FENBYasked the President of the Board of Trade why the exemption orders applied for since last August under Section 10 (5) of the Finance Act, 1926, in respect of phenacetin, phenazone, oxalic acid, hydroquinone, and other products liable to duty under Part I of the Safeguarding of Industries Act, 1921, have not yet been issued; and if he is aware that the effect of the undue delay in issuing the exemption orders is that users, including the textile industry, are compelled to pay at least one-third more than would otherwise be the case for these raw materials, which have to be imported as they are not made here?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Sir Burton Chadwick)As my right hon. Friend in- 1236 formed the hon. Member yesterday, an Order under Section 10 (5) of the Finance Act, 1926, exempting certain articles from duty, was made by the Treasury on Monday last.