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