§ SIR GEORGE S. BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether in the negotiations for the new Treaties of Commerce with Germany and Belgium due consideration is being given to securing most favoured nation treatment for goods the produce of the United Kingdom; and whether similar treatment can be secured for goods the produce of any British Colony which may desire to secure this trade advantage?
MR. CURZONYes, Sir. The object of Her Majesty's Government is to endeavour in the new Treaties with Germany and Belgium to secure the continuation of most favoured nation treatment for British goods; and to obtain for the British Colonies faculty of accession to the treaties when concluded.