§ Mr. FENBYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any in- 2039W formation showing the saving in cost of production of beer per barrel of 36 gallons of average gravity arising from the reduction in the duty on sugar of ¼d. per pound in 1928?
Mr. SAMUELThe reduction of the Sugar Duty in 1928 is estimated to represent an average saving in the cost of production of beer of little more than 1d. per bulk barrel of 36 gallons at a gravity of 1,043 degrees. The saving in particular cases depends, of course, on the amount of sugar used: in some cases no sugar at all is used in the production of beer.