§ Mr. C. ROBERTSasked the President of the Board of Trade the quantities of the following commodities imported from the British Empire under preferential rates of duty, and retained for Home consumption, in the year 1922, showing in each case the amount of duty remitted under preference; cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee, dried fruits, spirits, sugar (refined and unrefined), articles of food containing sugar, tea, and wines?
§ Major BOYD - CARPENTERThe quantities of the articles in question duty paid at the preferential rate of duty and retained for home consumption in the year ended 31st December, 1922, and the difference in duty between the full and the preferential rates thereon are as follows:
§ Viscount WOLMERThere are 53 unsettled claims in connection with flour milling control, of which four are marked for the decision of the appeal tribunal and nine for reference to the Finance Committee. It is anticipated that the remainder can be settled in the Food Department; such settlement, however, can only take place when the millers have supplied the Board of Inland Revenue with all information necessary to determine the computations required for purposes of Excess Profits Duty. Many of 2411W the claims referred to have been notified quite recently and, although two years have now elapsed since the termination of control, claims are still being received by the Food Department. Apart from specific claims, the distribution of the balance of the decontrol grants is awaiting the concurrence of the millers in the proposed basis of distribution.