Diabetic Confectionery and Soft Drinks (Taxation)

HC Deb 29 November 1966 vol 737 c204

31. Dr. John Dunwoody

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will end the taxation of diabetic confectionery and soft drinks.

Mr. MacDermot

This proposal has been considered sympathetically on a number of occasion, but I regret that it would create too many anomalies and trade distortions to be acceptable.