§ 30. Sir J. D. REESasked what arrangements, if any, have been made by the Government of India for ensuring a fair field for Indian tea in Tibet, into which country upwards of 20,000,000 lbs. of China tea are annually forced from China, the Tibetan policy of which country being based to no small degree on the maintenance of the tea trade between it and China; and whether the present favourable opportunity will be taken for encouraging British trade across the Tibetan borders?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe conditions governing the import of Indian tea into Tibet were explained in the reply given to the hon. Member's question of the 13th March last. The matter has not been lost sight of, but I am unable to say what action, if any, it may be found practicable to take.