HC Deb 03 March 1932 vol 262 c1267
54. Viscountess ASTOR

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the rate of excise duty paid on home-produced sugar and of customs duty on sugar imported from the British Empire and on sugar imported from foreign countries for each year since 1923; and the total amount paid on and the amount of duty remitted on each of the foregoing three groups of sugar for the same period?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Chamberlain)

I am sending my Noble Friend a statement giving the information she desires.

Viscountess ASTOR

Will my right hon. Friend bear in mind the failure of the sugar-beet subsidy and go slow with these subsidies?

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