HC Deb 19 March 1894 vol 22 c564
SIR D. MACFARLANE (Argyll)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India if, in the event of the Government of India agreeing to charge an Excise Duty upon cotton goods manufactured in India, he will assent to a charge of a corresponding Import Duty upon cotton goods imported from the United Kingdom?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. H. H. FOWLER,) Wolverhampton, E.

If the Government of India should be able to propose a countervailing Excise Duty upon cotton goods manufactured in India it would, in my opinion, remove a serious objection to the imposition of an Import Duty; but at present I can only say that such a proposal, if it is received, will receive the careful consideration of Her Majesty's Government.