HC Deb 31 January 1940 vol 356 cc1159-60W
Captain Strickland

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is yet possible to extend to troops stationed in Palestine and other places the privilege of duty-free import of cigarettes and other tobacco sent by friends and relatives from this country?

Sir J. Simon

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (Sir G. Fox) on 12th December last.

Mr. White

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether arrangements can be made for parcels to be sent duty free to all men in the forces overseas, in the same way as to members serving in the British Expeditionary Force in France?

Sir J. Simon

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (Sir G. Fox) on 12th December last.