§ Mr. LUNNasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention has been called to the fact that the gross profits of fifteen of the leading brewing concerns in this country in 1915–16 were more than £5,000,000, and in 1917 were more than £7,000,000; and if it is his intention in the Budget to appropriate such profits made out of war conditions in the nation's interests?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As regards the second part, I am unable to anticipate my Budget Statement.