§ COLONEL SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, having regard to the consultation of the Government with the Manchester Chamber of Commerce prior to the conclusion of the Tunis Convention, ho will undertake to consult the Chamber of Commerce and Manufacture of Sheffield prior to the settlement of any fresh commercial arrangement with Germany, having in view the importance of the subject to the trade and labour of the district?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. ST. JOHN BRODKICK,) Surrey, GuildfordIn the negotiations with Tunis, special tariff' treatment in regard to cotton was contemplated and obtained, and the Manchester Chamber was therefore consulted 1354 on this point. No specific tariff stipulations are contemplated in the negotiations with Germany and Belgium, and though Lord Salisbury will be glad to consider any representations made to him ho will not necessarily require any expert advice.
§ COLONEL SIR HOWARD VINCENTCan the right honourable Gentleman say when the Treaty is going to be approved?
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