§ Mr. MANDERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what increased revenue would be obtained by reducing the allowance of 6 per cent., in assessing for purposes of Beer Duty the number of standard barrels to be charged, to 2 per cent.?
§ Mr. P. SNOWDENOn the assumption that the reduction of the allowance in question would mean an automatic increase of 4 per cent. in the quantity of beer at standard gravity on which duty is collected, the increase of revenue would amount to about £3,000,000, but I must not be taken as committing myself to that assumption.