§ 100. Mr. HEWINSasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will say what measures have been taken in the various Dominions and India to confine the export of produce and materials to places within the Empire during the continuance of the War; and whether, in connection with any of these restrictions, the Government have given any undertakings?
Mr. HARCOURTIn the self-governing Dominions, as in the United Kingdom, a large number of prohibitions of exportation have been established, some merely in order to regulate the exportation of commodities of value to the enemy, some in order to conserve local stocks, some in order to provide for the requirements of other parts of the Empire. The prohibitions are, generally speaking, based on the lists of contraband but vary in details. I do not clearly understand the reference to undertakings, but if the hon. Member will communicate with me personally I will endeavour to give him the information he wants when I understand what it is. With regard to India, I must refer him to the Under-Secretary of State for India.