§ 76. Mr. SHEPPERSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider the possibility of assisting British agriculture in the same manner that agriculture in the Colonies is, by means of the reduction of the excise on Colonial wines and tobacco, already assisted, by granting a similar reduction of the excise on beer and spirits proved to be made entirely from British-grown malt and hops?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Ronald McNeill)My right hon. Friend has noted my hon. Friend's suggestion.