§ 5. Mr. HANNONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider the desirability of negotiating a commercial treaty with the Republic of Cuba, in view of the fact that at the present time negotiations are proceeding between Cuba and Spain whereby, although Great Britain purchases approximately one-fifth of the total crop of Cuban sugar and is an important buyer of Cuban tobacco, Spanish goods will receive favourable treatment?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI should welcome the conclusion of a treaty with Cuba, but, up to the present, efforts to find a basis for such a treaty have not proved successful.