§ 1. Mr. COWANasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the distress occasioned by the accumulation of stocks of cured herrings at the Scottish and other herring-fishing ports, he will use his influence with the Russian Government to induce it to immediately remit temporarily the Import Duty on herrings and facilitate the importation of such fish into the Russian Empire through its Northern ports?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Acland)His Majesty's Government have already placed the matter before the Russian Government, who have not yet replied. I will inform those interested and the hon. Member as soon as a decision is come to.