§ Mr. KELLYasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what amount is estimated as direct relief which will be made in October, 1920, in the case of the china-clay trade in Cornwall;
(2) what amount is estimated as relief in rates which will go to the brewery trade in October, 1929, under the Budget proposals;
(3) what is estimated as the amount of direct relief to the civil engineering trade in October, 1929, under the proposals made under the Budget;
(4) what estimate has been made as to the relief in rates by which it is ex- 692W pected to relieve the shipbuilding and ship-repairing trade in October, 1929, under the Budget proposals;
(5) the figure estimated as the amount of relief in local taxation to the building trade in October, 1929, under the Budget proposals, and the amount in the case of the brick-making trade;
(6) the amount by which the cocoa, chocolate, and sugar confectionery it is estimated will secure relief in local taxation in October, 1929, under the Budget proposals;
(7) what figure has been estimated as the amount of relief in local taxation to the sugar refining and the sugar-beet trades in October, 1929, under the Budget proposals?
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSI would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I have given him in the House to-day.
§ Viscount SANDONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give figures per ton or per relevant measure, and in total sums, as to the estimated rates relief to be accorded to iron, steel, coal, cotton, and shipbuilding?
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the President of the Board of Trade to the hon. Member for Chester-le-Street (Mr. Lawson) on 8th May, a copy of which I am sending him. Comprehensive information regarding the total amount of direct relief from local taxation that each trade will obtain is not available, but for a few trades some approximate estimates have been made. As has already been stated in the House, the direct relief for the engineering industry, including marine engineering, will be from £2,000,000 to £2,500,000 a year. For shipbuilding it will be about £400,000 a year; for the chemical industry about £600,000. For coal the direct relief is estimated to be about £2,500,000 a year; for cotton spinning and weaving about £1,500,000 a year; for wool combing, spinning, and weaving about £750,000; for the heavy iron and steel industry about £550,000; for breweries and distilleries about £400,000. In respect of other trades, the amount of information available is not sufficient to justify an estimate of the amount of relief which will be obtained.