§ SIR F. DIXON-HARTLAND (Middlesex, Uxbridge)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, having regard to the effect of the Atlantic Shipping Combination, he has considered the desirability of re-enacting the navigation laws.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.I cannot say that the subject of the Question has not been considered by the Government, but we certainly have no proposals to make at present to the House in the direction of re-enacting the navigation laws.