§ MR. BAZLEYsaid, in the absence of his hon. Friend (Mr. Akroyd), he would beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If Her Majesty's Government has received any intimation that the Spanish Government is willing to enter into negotiations for a Treaty of Commerce, to be based upon a reduction of their Duty on British Goods, accompanied by a modification of our Duties on Spanish Wines above 26 degrees of proof?
§ MR. OTWAY, in reply, said, it was true that the Spanish Government had lately expressed their willingness to negotiate a commercial treaty with this country. One of the bases of that treaty was the reduction of the duty on Spanish wines. The question was now under the consideration of the Government, and no reply had been made to the Spanish proposal up to the present mement.