HC Deb 06 June 1980 vol 985 c852W
Mr. Squire

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what percentages the specific duties on tobacco and alcoholic drinks would have had to have been increased in the Budget to restore them in real terms to their level when last increased in 1977; how much additional revenue would have been obtained and what would have been the effects on the prices of typical items; and how these figures compare with the actual increases announced in the Budget.

Mr. Peter Rees

For the percentage increases in the specific duties I refer my hon. Friend to answers I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington (Sir B. Rhys Williams) on 15 April, [c.615–16.] The other information is: