§ 10. Sir R. COOPERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the wines of France, Italy, and Portugal are allowed entry into this country free of import restrictions whilst these restrictions are still maintained upon the wines of Australia and Africa; whether he is aware that whilst the wine trade of our Allies has been regularly maintained during the War that of our oversea Dominions has been curtailed almost to the point of extinction; whether he is aware that owing to the contined restrictions imposed upon Colonial wines the shipping authorities refuse to grant space which they would otherwise place at the disposal of the stocks collected in the Dominions; and whether he will have inquiries made into the circumstances with a view to these restrictions being removed?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANAll wine, the produce of His Majesty's Dominions, is now freely admitted.