§ MR. O. C. PHILLIPPS (Pembroke and Haverfordwest)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that Barbados and Trinidad do not at present receive the 271 same favourable terms under the French tariff as Jamaica; and whether he will take whatever steps may be necessary to secure for Barbados and Trinidad the same favourable treatment as Jamaica.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) The products of Jamaica are admitted into French territory at the minimum rate of duty under the terms of a convention signed on the 8th of August, 1902, and ratified on the 12th of August, 1903. The Governments of Barbados and Trinidad were consulted in 1900 as to the expediency of steps being taken to secure similar favourable treatment for their products, and intimated that they did not desire such action to be taken.