§ 16. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in the event of the inclusion of the Tanganyika Territory in an East African Customs Union, steps will be taken to ensure that such a union will not prevent preference to British products entering British East African possessions?
§ Mr. AMERYThe inclusion of Tanganyika Territory in a Customs Union will not affect the international obligations of the other British dependencies in East Africa.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSDo I understand that the other British dependencies are debarred from affording any preference?
§ Mr. AMERYYes, Sir, under the old Berlin and Brussels Act, which was revised by the Treaty of St. Germain en Laye, they are debarred from giving preference to British trade.