§ Major Beamishasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to publish a table showing the duty per gallon on heavy wines of foreign origin each year since 1938, together with the annual revenue collected and the approximate annual domestic consumption of such wines; and whether, in view of the strongly held view that these wines that used to be widely enjoyed have been over-taxed and thus largely priced out of the home market, he will review these duties.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe figures are shown in the following table. These duties will be covered by my general review of indirect taxation before the Budget.