HC Deb 30 March 1933 vol 276 c1169
48. Mr. SPENCER

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the approximate percentage of alcohol in the following: British beer of the average strength, foreign wine of the port and sherry type, foreign wine of the claret and burgundy type, Empire wine, British wine and cider; and how the duty per degree of alcohol compares in each case?

Mr. HORE-BELISHA

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which my right hon. Friend gave on the 23rd February, 1932, to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Hertford (Rear-Admiral Sueter), of which I am sending him a copy.

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