16. Captain Arthur Evansasked the President of the Board of Trade whether 2064 Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the information:
§ he can now give the House a full report of the decisions arrived at by the International Sugar Council; and if His Majesty's Government are satisfied that in the absence of amendment the machinery of the International Sugar Agreement is designed adequately to safeguard the interests of the British Colonial producer and the consumers of sugar in this country?
§ The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Oliver Stanley)As the House is no doubt already aware, the International Sugar Council decided last week upon the immediate addition of 239,000 tons to the sugar quotas of exporters to the free market, but objection was taken to voting by correspondence upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee that a further quantity of 153,000 tons should be released for British countries. I understand that a meeting of the council is being called for 13th June next to deal with this latter quantity. As regards the second part of the question, I should prefer to reserve my opinion pending the outcome of these discussions.