HC Deb 10 December 1902 vol 116 cc656-7
MR. LONSDALE () Armagh, Mid

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Austrian raw sugar manufacturers have provisionally decided to continue the arrangement for limiting the amount of sugar placed on the home market; and whether His Majesty's Government propose to take steps for the adoption of countervailing measures against Austrian sugar.

*THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR,) Leeds, Central

The Austro-Hungarian Sugar Cartel is reported to have been removed for twelve months from the beginning of November or until the coming into force of the Sugar Convention, which is fixed for September 1st. 1903. It is not the intention of His Majesty's Government to propose to Parliament measures for countervailing any bounty that may; arise from the action of this Cartel between now and the end of August next.