§ Sir J. POWERasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the amount of raw and refined sugar, respectively, on which duty has been paid since the duty on raw sugar was reduced last year; and the corresponding figures for a period of equal length before the reduction in duty?
Mr. SAMUELThe quantities of raw and refined sugar in respect of which duty was paid during each of the periods 1st May, 1927, to 31st March, 1928, and 1st May, 1928, to 31st March, 1929, were as follow:
— Period from 1st May, 1927 to 31st March, 1928. Period from 1st May, 1928 to 81st March, 1929. Cwts. Cwts. Imported Refined Sugar. 8,173,900 2,370,731 Imported Raw Sugar. 2,492,609 32,659,849 British Refined Sugar. 17,531,905 758,192 Home Grown Sugar. 3,362,079 3,580,848