§ 1. Where the amount of the payment, excluding the amount of duty, is an amount mentioned in the following Table, the rate of duty shall be the amount therein specified in relation to that payment.
| Table | |||||||
| Amount of payment, excluding amount of duty | Rate of duty | Amount of payment, excluding amount of duty | Rate of duty | ||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. |
| 9½ | ½ | 1 | 10¼ | 1 | 1¾ | ||
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 10¾ | 1 | 2¼ | ||
| 10½ | 1½ | 1 | 11½ | 1 | 2½ | ||
| 11 | 2 | 1 | 11¾ | 1 | 3¼ | ||
| 11¼ | 2¾ | 2 | 0¼ | 1 | 3¾ | ||
| 11½ | 3½ | 2 | 0½ | 1 | 4½ | ||
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1 | 0½ | 4¾ | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 5½ | |
| 1 | 0½ | 5½ | 2 | 1¾ | 1 | 6¼ | |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2¼ | 1 | 6¾ | |
| 1 | 1¼ | 6¾ | 2 | 2½ | 1 | 7½ | |
| 1 | 1½ | 7½ | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1 | 2¼ | 7¾ | 2 | 3¾ | 1 | 8¼ | |
| 1 | 2½ | 8½ | 2 | 4½ | 1 | 8½ | |
| 1 | 2¾ | 9¼ | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1 | 3¼ | 9¾ | 2 | 5½ | 1 | 9½ | |
| 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1 | 4¾ | 10¼ | 2 | 6½ | 1 | 10½ | |
| 1 | 5½ | 10½ | 2 | 6¾ | 1 | 11¼ | |
| 1 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7¼ | 1 | 11¾ | |
| 1 | 6½ | 11½ | 2 | 7¾ | 2 | 0¼ | |
| 1 | 7¼ | 11¾ | 2 | 8¼ | 2 | 0¾ | |
| 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8½ | 2 | 1½ |
| 1 | 8¾ | 1 | 0¼ | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 9¼ | 1 | 0¾ | 2 | 9½ | 2 | 2½ |
| 1 | 9¾ | 1 | 0¼ | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| Amount of payment, excluding amount of duty | Rate of duty | Amount of payment, excluding amount of duty | Rate of duty | ||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. |
| 2 | 10½ | 2 | 3½ | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10½ | 4 | 1½ |
| 2 | 11½ | 2 | 4½ | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11½ | 4 | 2½ |
| 3 | 0½ | 2 | 5½ | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0½ | 4 | 3½ |
| 3 | 1½ | 2 | 6½ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1½ | 4 | 4½ |
| 3 | 2½ | 2 | 7½ | 5 | 2½ | 4 | 4¾ |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2¾ | 4 | 5¼ |
| 3 | 3¾ | 2 | 8¼ | 5 | 3¼ | 4 | 5¾ |
| 3 | 4½ | 2 | 8½ | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 5¼ | 2 | 8¾ | 5 | 4½ | 4 | 6½ |
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 6¾ | 2 | 9¼ | 5 | 5¾ | 4 | 7¼ |
| 3 | 7½ | 2 | 9½ | 5 | 6¼ | 4 | 7¾ |
| 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6¾ | 4 | 8¼ |
| 3 | 8½ | 2 | 10½ | 5 | 7½ | 4 | 8½ |
| 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 9¼ | 2 | 11¾ | 5 | 8½ | 4 | 9½ |
| 3 | 9¾ | 3 | 0¼ | 5 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 10¼ | 3 | 0¾ | 5 | 9½ | 4 | 10½ |
| 3 | 10½ | 3 | 1½ | 5 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10½ | 4 | 11½ |
| 3 | 11½ | 3 | 2½ | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11½ | 5 | 0½ |
| 4 | 0½ | 3 | 3½ | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0½ | 5 | 1½ |
| 4 | 1½ | 3 | 4½ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | 2¼ | 3 | 4¾ | 6 | 1½ | 5 | 2½ |
| 4 | 2¾ | 3 | 5¼ | 6 | 2¼ | 5 | 2¾ |
| 4 | 3½ | 3 | 5½ | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3¾ | 5 | 3¼ |
| 4 | 4½ | 3 | 6½ | 6 | 4½ | 5 | 3½ |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5¼ | 5 | 3¾ |
| 4 | 5½ | 3 | 7½ | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6¾ | 5 | 4¼ |
| 4 | 6½ | 3 | 8¾ | 6 | 7½ | 5 | 4½ |
| 4 | 6¾ | 3 | 9¼ | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 7¼ | 3 | 9¾ | 6 | 8¼ | 5 | 5¾ |
| 4 | 7½ | 3 | 10½ | 6 | 8½ | 5 | 6½ |
| 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 8½ | 3 | 11½ | 6 | 9¼ | 5 | 7¾ |
| 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9½ | 5 | 8½ |
| 4 | 9½ | 4 | 0½ |
§ Where the amount of the payment, excluding the amount of duty, is an amount not specified in the foregoing Table, and exceeds ninepence but does not exceed six shillings and ninepence-halfpenny, the rate of duty shall be the same as on a payment of the next higher amount specified in the Table.
§ 3. Where the amount of the payment, excluding the amount of duty, exceeds six shillings and ninepence-halfpenny, the rate of duty shall be five shillings and eightpence-halfpenny, increased by a halfpenny for every halfpenny or part of a halfpenny by which the amount of the payment exceeds six shillings and ninepence-halfpenny.—[Mr. Butler.]
§ The CHAIRMAN put the Question thereupon forthwith, pursuant to Standing 230 Order No. 86 (Ways and Means Motions and Resolutions.)
§ Question agreed to.
§ The CHAIRMAN then proceeded successively to put forthwith the Question on each further Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, save the last Motion.
§ 2. Chicory (Customs duties and drawbacks)
§
Resolved,
That, with effect from the seventh day of April, nineteen hundred and fifty-four,—
(a) the full rates of the customs duty on chicory under section three of the Finance Act, 1924, and the preferential rates within the meaning of section eight of the Finance Act. 1919, shall be—
for chicory, raw or kiln-dried—the cwt. 19s. 0d. (full) and 16s. 9½d. (preferential);
for chicory, roasted or ground—the 1b. 3d. (full) and 2⅔d. (preferential);
and mixtures of roasted coffee and roasted chicory shall be chargeable at the like rates as roasted chicory;
(b) the rates provided by subsection (4)of section three of the Finance Act, 1924, for the drawbacks allowable on roasted chicory, and on mixtures of roasted coffee and roasted chicory, shall be—
in the case of roasted chicory, 17s. 0d. per 100 1b. or, if duty on the chicory was paid at the preferential rate, 15s. 0d. per 100 1b.;
in the case of mixtures of roasted coffee and roasted chicory 14s. 0d. per 100 1b.
And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913.
§ 3. Key industry duty (Continuation)
§
Resolved,
That the duties of customs chargeable under Part 1 of the Safeguarding of Industries Act, 1921, for a period expiring on the nineteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and fifty-four shall continue to be chargeable for a further period of five years from the said day.