§ Captain Kerbyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will so amend his regulations as to permit the limit of the annual value of properties for which a private brewer's licence may be held to rise from the £15 per annum. as at present, to £100 per annum.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe upper limit of £15 annual value to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers relates to the private brewing of beer which is not charged with beer duty. Any proposal80W to raise this figure would require legislation and would have to take account of the considerable increase in the beer duty since the figure was fixed.