HC Deb 09 December 1929 vol 233 c50W
Mr. DAY

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the approximate total of the receipts derived from the several safeguarding duties, from the dates of imposition up to the last convenient date, on the following articles: gas mantles, buttons, and domestic hollow-ware, showing separately the amount received in each financial year?

Mr. P. SNOWDEN

The net receipts from the safeguarding duties upon gas mantles, buttons and domestic hollow-ware from 1st April, 1929, to 30th November, 1929, both dates inclusive, were as follow:

£
Gas Mantles 1,700
Buttons 100,000
Domestic Hollow-ware 36,600

The annual net receipts from each of these duties from the date of imposition down to 31st March, 1929, may be found in Table 79 (page 101) of the Twentieth Annual Report of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs and Excise (Command Paper Number 3435).

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