HC Deb 18 June 1934 vol 291 cc14-5
28. Captain HEILGERS

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the amount paid in Excise Duty by the beet-sugar factories from the commencement of the subsidy period until the end of the 1933–34 season?

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Hore-Belisha)

The amount of Excise Duty collected on sugar and molasses manufactured from homegrown beet from the commencement of the subsidy to 30th April, 1934, was £12,244,000.