§ SIR ROPER LETHBRIDGEI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether representations have been received from any of the Colonial Governments objecting to those clauses in our Commercial Treaties with some Foreign Powers that impose restrictions on the fiscal relations between the Colonies and the United Kingdom; and whether any, and what, steps will be taken by Her Majesty's Government to meet the wishes of the Colonies in this respect?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSSuch a representation has been received from the High Commissioner for Canada and the Agents General of the Colonies under responsible Government, who will have an opportunity of explaining the views of their Governments to the Committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider certain questions arising out of the approaching expiration of various European Commercial Treaties.
§ SIR ROPER LETHBRIDGEArising out of that answer, may I ask further whether the correspondence will be laid upon the Table of the House?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSI am afraid that I cannot promise that.