§ 34. Captain Heilgersasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the propensity of one of the provincial governments in Argentina to increase the taxation on land, especially on properties held and farmed on a large scale; and whether he will make representations to the Argentine Government as to the damage this policy is causing to British interests in Argentina?
§ Viscount CranborneMy right hon. Friend has received no official information on this subject, but His Majesty's Representative at Buenos Aires is being instructed to furnish a report.
§ Captain HeilgersIs my Noble Friend aware that other provincial governments in the Argentine have now adopted the same policy, thereby prejudicing the interests of British investors still further?
§ Viscount CranborneWe are asking for a report and we will consider the situation in the light of that report.
§ Mr. HoldsworthIs it not within the jurisdiction of any government to raise its taxation in its own way?
§ Mr. MaxtonI was going to ask whether Argentina was a Crown Colony or not.