§ 4. Mr. WHITEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to state the circumstances in which a duty of 10 per cent. has been placed on telephone apparatus exported from the United Kingdom to Canada?
The SECRETARY of STATE for DOMINION AFFAIRS (Mr. J. H. Thomas)I have been asked to reply. At the instance of His Majesty's Government in Canada consultations have taken place between them and His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, in accordance with the provisions of Article 23 of the United Kingdom-Canada Trade Agreement, as the result of which the duties on certain classes of United Kingdom goods entering Canada have been recently readjusted. As a set-off against the imposition of a duty on United Kingdom telephone apparatus and the withdrawal of preference in the case of a few United Kingdom goods, increased preferences, coupled in most cases with free entry, have been accorded to a number of other classes of United Kingdom goods. The details of the tariff changes referred to above are set out in the reply given by me to a question addressed to me by the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition on the 12th instant. His Majesty's Government in Canada, having regard to Article 17 of the Trade Agreement, have also agreed to fix the value of the pound sterling for exchange dumping duty purposes at 4.25 dollars instead of 4.40 dollars.