Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 10 Mehefin 1947.
I would ask the Financial Secretary to give a reply to the following point which I think this Clause is primarily drawn up to cover: Molasses are imported into this country in large quantities and they contain a high percentage of sugar. They are used primarily for two purposes—one in the process of distilling, and the other in the manufacture of cattle feedingstuffs. I understand that it is the wish of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the sugar content in molasses shall be free of duty. I think that I am right in saying that the two illustrations I have given cover the principal commodity upon which the right hon. Gentleman desires by this Clause to free the sugar content from duty, though there are others to which the Financial Secretary has referred.