§ MR. GRIEVEasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he has received information that the Portuguese Government on the 18th March passed a decree, to come into force in a few days thereafter, adding one per cent ad valorem to the existing general tariff on all imports and a half per cent on all exports; but that the Countries having special Treaties with Portugal, such as France and Germany, with differential tariffs, are exempted?
§ VISCOUNT ENFIELDSir, information of the nature indicated in the hon. Member's Question has been received by the Foreign Office, and official communications on the subject of the commercial relations between Great Britain and Portugal are now proceeding.