§ Mr. WAITasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he is in a position to communicate to the House that the Draft Convention agreed on at the Conference recently held at Brussels on the subject of the Sugar Bounties has been confirmed by the respective Governments; and, if not, whether any other solution of the differences under discussion is likely to be arrived at?
§ MR. BOURKESir, I am happy to inform my hon. Friend that the Draft Convention lately agreed upon by the respective Governments at Brussels on the subject of the Sugar Bounties has been assented to by the Governments of France, Holland, and Belgium, and is now under the consideration of Her Majesty's Government.