§ MR. HANBURY (for Mr. SAMPSON LLOYD)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true that Her Majesty's Government are negotiating with the Governments of France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany (or with any of them) respecting the bounties on Sugar exported from such countries, notwithstanding that the Select Committee on Sugar Industry, which was appointed last Session, has not yet presented any Report; and, if such is the case, whether there will be any objection to lay the Correspondence on this subject before the House?
§ MR. BOURKESir, Her Majesty's Government are not in negotiation with any foreign Power on the subject.