Clause 9 — (Repeal of duty on certain table waters.)

Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill. – in the House of Commons am ar 30 Mehefin 1924.

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Photo of Mr Arthur Samuel Mr Arthur Samuel , Farnham

I beg to move, in page 5, line 39, at end, to insert the words together with fifty per cent. of eight-pence per gallon chargeable under The Finance Act, 1916, and Section five of The Finance Act, 1923, together with the relatively similar a mount of Customs duty chargeable on certain table waters known as-unsweetened table waters and sold or kept for sale in Great Britain or Northern Ireland. I move the Amendment as a protest against the rather unfair treatment of unsweetened table waters. If the Chancellor is to give relief to table waters, why should he confine that relief to sweetened table waters? Everything that could be said in favour of the relief of unsweetened waters has been said in support of the Clause as it stands now. The Amendment is designed to extend the benefits of the Clause to unsweetened table waters.