§ 39. Mr. MANDERasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he will give particulars of the proposal made to the New Zealand Government under which she is given until December to accept the quota on meat exports to this country and to pay in addition a levy of ½d. a pound in order to buy a subsidy for the British farmer on home-produced meat?
Mr. J. H. THOMASThe hon. Member is, I think, under a misapprehension. His Majesty's Government in New Zealand, in common with other Dominion Governments, were asked in July last for their views as to the payment of a preferential levy on meat imported into the United Kingdom, on the lines indicated in Command Paper 4651 of 11th July, as an alternative to quantitative control only.
§ Mr. MANDERWould it not be more in accordance with Imperial traditions to allow New Zealand produce to come free into this country?