§ 54. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he will obtain from the Government of Iraq particulars of the re-assessment to taxation of the date-bearing and other lands that has been recently undertaken with a view to stimulating production; and will he give the name of the British official responsible for this change?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREMy right hon. Friend has received no Report on the subject. Any fiscal changes introduced in Iraq would, of course, be made on the responsibility of the Iraq Government, and not of any individual British officer.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODHas not the hon. Gentleman seen the account of this change in the "Times," and would it not be possible, in these circumstances, to have a Report from the Iraq Government?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREA Report will certainly be sent in due course