§ 29. Mr. EADY (for Mr. GIBSON)asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the withdrawal of the compensation system by the Turkish Government, which is prejudicing our trade as against other countries who have entered into new commercial agreements with Turkey, and seeing that Great Britain has placed no restrictions on imports from that country, the Government will take steps to prevent the cancellation of compensation agreements without notice and negotiate with Turkey a convention on the lines of that concluded by the United States of America?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe "compensation system" has been withdrawn by the Turkish Government as against all countries, and the withdrawal involves no discrimination against United Kingdom trade. No special convention has been concluded between Turkey and the United States of America, though Turkey has granted the United States of America certain unilateral concessions, and has recently concluded agreements with several European countries granting them certain concessions not extended to United Kingdom trade. As I have previously stated, representations have been made to the Turkish Government regarding the most-favoured-nation rights which this country possesses, but the negotiation of a special agreement with Turkey is not in contemplation.