HC Deb 06 May 1930 vol 238 c748
55. Viscount WOLMER

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he intends to propose the repeal of or any alteration in the duty on imported hops before the date of its expiry?

Mr. P. SNOWDEN

The Noble Lord must be content with the fact that I am not proposing to repeal the duty in the present Budget.

Viscount WOLMER

Will the right hon. Gentleman say what satisfaction he gets from keeping every trade in a state of chronic uncertainty?

Viscountess ASTOR

Is the Chancellor of the Exchequer being kind to hops on account of the drink trade, or is he going back—[Interruption].

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