Captain BENNasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any part of the Excise Duty on sugar-beet has been remitted for the last financial year or any notification made to sugar-beet growers in this country that the duty will not be collected; and, if so, by what authority?
Mr. YOUNGThe Excise Duty is on sugar, not on sugar-beet. No duty due in the last financial year has been remitted, nor has any announcement to that effect been made.