§ 65. Mr. Woodsasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total amount of Customs Duty collected on foodstuffs for the financial year ended 31st March last?
§ Captain WallaceThe approximate amount of Customs duties collected during the financial year 1937–38 on foodstuffs, including tea, coffee, cocoa and certain foodstuffs which are used in part as feeding-stuffs for animals and cannot be separately distinguished was £40,000,000.
§ Mr. WoodsIn view of the fact that such a large percentage of this duty is paid by parents of large families, making an additional burden upon them, will the Financial Secretary consider the possibility of making a remittance on a family basis?
§ Captain WallaceThat is a very much wider question than the one on the Order Paper.