HC Deb 06 March 1929 vol 226 cc403-4W
Sir S. CHAPMAN

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of articles of wearing apparel containing silk, imported by private individuals as distinct from traders, upon which specific duty, as distinct from ad valorem duty, has been paid, giving the amount of duty so paid, for the periods 1st August, 1926, to 4th April, 1927, 5th April, 1927, to 4th April, 1928, and 5th April, 1928, to date respectively; the number and declared value of articles of wearing apparel containing silk, imported by traders, upon which the appropriate rate of ad valorem duty has been paid, giving the amount of duty so paid, for the periods 1st August, 1926, to 4th April, 1927, 5th April, 1927, to 4th April, 1928, and 5th April, 1928, to date respectively; and the number and declared value of articles of wearing apparel containing silk, imported by traders and private individuals, upon which the appropriate rate of ad valorem duty has been paid, giving the amount of

members of the established typing grades is as follows:

duty so paid, for the period 1st July, 1925, to 31st July, 1926?

Mr. SAMUEL

Separate figures are not available of the number or declared value of, or the amount of duty paid atad valorem rates on, articles of wearing apparel, as distinct from other articles, which contain silk or artificial silk. The amount of duty paid at specific rates on articles of apparel containing silk or artificial silk imported by private individuals for their own use was as follows:

£
From 1st August, 1926, to 31st March, 1927 17,564
From 1st April, 1927, to 31st March, 1928 34,722
From 1st April, 1928, to 31st January, 1929 20,029