§ SIR GILBERT PARKER (Gravesend)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that Canada proposes to give South Africa a preference on wine of 1s. per gallon; and if he will urge upon this Government to grant a similar preference.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) The Canadian Government agreed in February last to submit to Parliament legislation remitting the ad valorem duty on all Cape wines not exceeding 40 per cent. of proof spirit. A communication on the subject has been received from the Ministers of the Cape Colony, but the subject is not one with which the Government can deal during the present Parliament.