§ Lord BALCARRESasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what heading in the Treasury Return of the Revised Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year 1909–10 the additional revenue from the increased Customs duty on beer is included, and whether such revenue is still estimated at £700?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEThe additional revenue from the increase in the Customs duty on imported beer, estimated at £700, is so small that it has not been included in the Revised Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the current financial year.
§ Lord BALCARRESasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the estimated fall in yield in the Spirit Duties is correctly attributed entirely to Excise in the Return of revised estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 1909–10, or whether it should be distributed between Excise and Customs; and, if the latter, whether he will state in what proportions it should be so distributed?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEThe estimated fall in the yield of the Spirit Duties is correctly attributed to Excise.