§ 60. Mr. LEES-JONESasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will issue regulations directing that the method of assessing duty, under the Import Duties Act, on grain coming into the ports of the United Kingdom shall be changed from an ad valorem basis to a weight basis, in view of the fact that grain traders at some ports are placed at a disadvantage with competitors at other ports in the Kingdom?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Major Elliot)In view of the wide range of grain prices I do not think a specific rate of duty could be devised which would not produce inequalities as between different importations.