HC Deb 17 March 1920 vol 126 c2233W
Sir W. DAVISON

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it would be possible to reduce the existing high prices for tobacco without loss to the revenue by readjusting the actual payment of duty from the date of taking the raw material out of bond to a later stage of the process of manufacture and distribution, so that this unnecessary burden of interest may be removed from the consumer?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

This question is at present under consideration.