16 JULY 1927, Page 2

The Committee Stage of the Finance Bill came to an

end in the House of Commons on Thursday, July 7th, without any serious alterations. The preference on Colonial refined sugar, the subsidy on beet-sugar, and some of the " safeguarding " duties came in for some hard but ineffectual knocks. On Friday the House passed to the India Office Vote, and the Under-Secretary gave a long review full of interesting matter, though making no statement in regard to the expected Statutory Commission which will soon be due under the scheme of the Montagu- Chelmsford Reforms.