§ MR. BAIRD (Glasgow, Central)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any of the sugar-producing countries represented at the Conference on Sugar Bounties have taken steps to carry out the first Article of the Convention; and, if so, which?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickThe Convention was not ratified by any of the Signatory Powers, and, therefore, has never come into operation. The German and Belgian Governments have taken measures to effect, to some extent, the object of the first Article of the Convention. We are not aware that action has been taken by any other countries.