HC Deb 05 August 1903 vol 126 cc1585-6
MR. MANSFIELD (Lincolnshire, Spalding)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India will he state whether the Government of India has at any time during the last few years either asked for preferential treatment or stated that a system of preferential tariffs would be advantageous to India; and, if so, will he publish any correspondence on the matter that has taken place.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, Ealing

The answer to the first portion of the Question is in the. negative.