Major WARINGasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether relief from taxation is granted to manufacturers who use commercial alcohol for other than purely medicinal purposes; what is the amount of the relief; and what loss to the revenue is entailed?
§ Mr. BALDWINRelief from taxation is granted to manufacturers in respect of the bulk of commercial alcohol used by them for other than purely medicinal purposes. The amount of relief, and consequent loss of revenue, for the year ended the 31st March, 1922, was approximately £24,000,000,