HC Deb 12 April 1943 vol 388 c977

Resolved, That, as from the thirteenth day of April nineteen hundred and forty-three, the rate of the duty of excise on sweets shall be increased from one pound three shillings and ninepence to one pound ten shillings per gallon in the case of sparkling sweets, and from eleven shillings and sixpence to fourteen shillings and sixpence per gallon in the case of other sweets. And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.