§ 3. Mr. FENBYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the exemption orders applied for in about July, 1926, under Section 10 (5) of the Finance Act, 1926, in respect of cocaine and cocaine hydrochloride, being 4 products liable to duty under Part I of the Safeguarding of Industries Act, 1921, have not yet been issued; that his Department refuse to issue these exemption orders, although the products in question are still not made in His Majesty's Dominions; that, in consequence, hospitals and the general medical services, who are the chief consumers of these materials, which have to be imported, have during the past two years been compelled to pay more than would otherwise have been the case; and will be take steps to issue the exemption orders in question forthwith?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe manufacture of cocaine and cocaine hydrochloride in substantial quantities has been carried on in this country for some time past under the authority of the Home Office. I understand that these materials will shortly be available for disposal, and the conditions for exemption from duty are, therefore, not satisfied.