§ Mr. COOPER RAWSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is 2607W aware that upwards of 600 firms engaged in the manufacture of mineral water have been compelled to close down owing to the existing table water duties, and that in consequence thousands of men engaged in this and allied industries have been rendered unemployed; and will he, in view of the comparatively insignificant revenue derived from this source, consider the desirability of remitting the existing taxes?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERI would refer the hon. Member to my reply of the 19th February to the hon. Member for the Kingswinford Division (Mr. Sitch).