Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill. – in the House of Commons am ar 30 Mehefin 1924.
I see quite plainly that the amount of money involved is too largo a sum for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to grant. I would draw this conclusion from his speech. He tells us that the duty on sweetened table waters caused a diminution of the sale. The moral to draw from that is that sweetened table waters are a luxury. The duty has had no effect on unsweetened waters. Why? Because unsweetened water, pure water, is a necessity.