§ Mr. T. SHAWasked the Under-Secretary of State for India, if he is aware of the rejection by the Indian Legislative Assembly of the proposal to increase the cotton excise duty to 7½ per cent.; whether this decision will mean that a duty of 15 per cent. will be levied on the full value of all Lancashire cotton goods entering India with a countervailing excise duty of only 3½ per cent.; and whether the Secretary of State for India has made, or will make, representation to the Indian Legislative Assembly on the matter?
§ Earl WINTERTONThe Legislative Assembly has rejected the proposed increase of the cotton duty to 15 per cent., as well as that of the cotton excise to 7½ per cent.