§ Major HAYWARDasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated loss to the Revenue for 1919–20 on the Customs Duties on spirits, beer, sugar, 1117W tobacco, motor spirit, cinema films, clocks and watches, motor cars and cycles, musical instruments, matches, and table waters, respectively, owing to the Budget Preference proposals; and what is the estimated loss for the same period on the proposed reduction of Excise Duties on spirits, beer, sugar, tobacco, motor spirit, matches, and table waters, respectively?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe Preference proposals do not apply to beer, matches and table waters. In the case of cinema films, clocks and watches, motor cars and cycles, and musical instruments, the loss is anticipated to be small, and no separate estimate has been made. The other figures are included in Table VII. of the Financial Statement (1919–20) (White Paper No. 88).
§ Major HAYWARDasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, before the introduction of the Finance Bill, he will, for the convenience of Members, state with regard to each of the several articles at present subject to Customs Duty the amount of imports of each such article from each British Dominion and Possession, and each of the principal foreign countries of supply, respectively, for the year 1913?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the particulars given in Table 15 on pages 218–251 of the Annual Statement Of Trade, 1917, Vol. 1 (Cd. 9127).