Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 10 Mehefin 1947.
Could we have an indication of the extent of this duty? It would seem that a straight forward way to deal with this would be to make the manufacturers pay the duty and allow them to charge a little extra for the products which they are turning out. All these little rebates give an avenue for a black market, and I think the straight way would be to increase the cost of the product to cover the duty. If in the carrying on of any art or manufacture a particular chemical is required, those concerned should pay duty for the chemical. I do not see why they should be given any greater preference than the farmer who uses molasses for making silage for the cattle they feed. I would like to know whether it would be possible to exclude all rebate on sugar and molasses.