HC Deb 20 April 1915 vol 71 c152
3. Sir JOHN LONSDALE

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if it is intended to declare raw cotton absolute contraband?

Sir E. GREY

I must refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply returned to the hon. Member for the Devizes Division of Wiltshire on the 14th instant, wherein it was explained why cotton had not been declared contraband.