§ 41. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in the new agreement under consideration, the right of goods of Palestinian origin to enter Syria free of duty under the agreement of 1921 is being sustained and upheld by His Majesty's Government?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe draft of the new agreement provides for the free importation into Syria of goods wholly produced or manufactured in Palestine from local produce or materials and of goods manufactured in Palestine partly from foreign material and partly from Palestinian produce provided that the quantity or value of the foreign material contained in such goods does not exceed 75 per cent, of the quantity or value of the whole article.