HC Deb 05 May 1919 vol 115 c601W
Captain Sir BEVILLE STANIER

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the Preference outlined in the Budget gives home-grown sugar from sugar beet£7 2s. 3d. per ton over foreign and£1 18s. 11d. over Empire sugar; and whether 93 per cent. of the sugar used was foreign sugar?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

As regards the percentage of foreign sugar, my information agrees with that of my hon. and gallant Friend, but I am afraid I cannot follow his calculation as to rates of duty. I would ask him to wait for the Finance Bill, which will show exactly how my various proposals affect the various rates of Sugar Duty.