HC Deb 22 June 1948 vol 452 c1137
76. Colonel Ponsonby

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the intention of the United States Department of Agriculture to subsidise a large quantity of fire-cured and dark air-cured tobacco from the 1946 crop to the extent of one-third of the fair and reasonable f.a.s. price has been notified to signatories of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, in accordance with Art. XVI of that Agreement; and whether he has discussed with Dominion or Colonial Governments the effects on Dominion and Colonial producers of these types of tobacco.

Mr. Belcher

No such notification has reached us, but we are seeking further information on the matter.