76. Mr. G. MURRAYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the great importance to our Colonial sugar industry of the prevention of the dumping of foreign sugar, the Government will give an assurance that upon the passing of the Safeguarding of Industries Bill its provisions will be applied so as to prevent foreign sugar from being sold in this country below the cost of production?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAME (Secretary, Overseas Trade Department)I would remind my hon. Friend that the provisions which he has in mind do not apply to articles of food.
Mr. MURRAYIs the hon. Gentleman aware of the state of uncertainty existing in the sugar trade in the Colonies, and are the Government proposing to do anything to let those who are developing the industry know that they will not be competed with by dumped sugar, as was the case before the War?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMEThe general problem with which my hon. Friend asks me to deal hardly arises out of the question. As regards the specific point, no one can be in any doubt, as it is stated in explicit terms in the Bill itself.