I move:—
(1) That there shall be charged, levied, and paid in respect of all home-grown millable wheat which is the subject of a sale (home-grown wheat) certificate and is sold on or after the 1st day of August, 1933, for seed by the holder of a milling licence or a registered wheat dealer, a levy at such rate or several rates as may be prescribed by statute.
(2) That the levy mentioned in this resolution shall be paid to the Minister for Agriculture and shall be by him paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct.
(3) That provision shall be made by statute for the payment, collection, and recovery of the levy mentioned in this resolution.
(4) That in this resolution the expressions "home-grown millable wheat", "sale (home-grown wheat) certificate", "holder of a milling licence", and "registered wheat dealer", have the meanings respectively assigned to them by the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933 (No. 7 of 1933).
In connection with the Bill which it is proposed to introduce to amend the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933, the Parliamentary draftsman has advised that a Financial Resolution is required to authorise a charge for refunds of bounties on wheat which it is proposed to levy under certain sections of the Bill. In that connection, may I point out that it is regarded as an essential condition of the sale of wheat for seed that the dealer or miller selling wheat should refund to the State a sum equivalent to the bounty at the time payable to the grower in respect of such wheat. If this were not done it is possible that wheat so sold might be sold a second time and a bounty claimed thereon. The Financial Resolution which is now before the House has been introduced, as I have already said, in accordance with the expressed opinion of the draftsman that a Resolution of this sort is desirable and should precede the introduction of the Bill, following the precedent set up in the case of the Cement Act passed this year.