§ 8. Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any further review has recently been given, to the question of the discontinuance of the Congo Basin Treaties; and, ii not, whether he will arrange for such a review in consequence of the large area which could receive and give Imperial Preference if such treaties were abrogated?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe matter is at present under consideration. These treaties do not preclude the grant of preferential treatment in this country to British dependencies within the conventional basin of the Congo.
§ 12. Mr. GLOSSOPasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is proposed to take steps to revise the Congo Basin Treaty on its expiry this year, in order to ensure that preference may be accorded to British goods entering Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe whole question of the so-called "Congo Basin Treaties" is at present under examination by His Majesty's Government, but my hon. Friend is mistaken in supposing that any of these treaties expire this year.