§ 52. Mr. Collinsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to make the tobacco tokens issued to pensioners available alternatively for purchase of tea, so that smokers and non-smokers can benefit equally.
§ Mr. H. BrookeThe Tobacco Token Scheme relieves old-age pensioners from some part of the post-war increases in Tobacco Duty. Most tea is duty-free, and therefore the Tobacco Duty relief could not be extended to tea, for the reasons I stated in reply to the hon. Member for Dundee, East (Mr. G. M. Thomson) on 28th October.