§ 42. Mr. Lagdenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the Customs duties on brandy and still light foreign wines compare with the duties applied to them in the post-Budget period of 1920.
Mr. AmoryThe present basic Customs duties on brandy and still light foreign wines are respectively some three and five times those applicable in the post-Budget period of 1920.
§ Mr. LagdenIs my right hon. Friend aware that these substantial increases are very high indeed? Is he, however, further aware that for heavy wines and port wines, the rates are still 16½ times those of 1920? Can he look at this sympathetically?