Mr. MACLEANasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the condition that 1,000,000 tons of British coal are to be conveyed solely in Italian ships to Italy, a similar condition has been laid upon Italy that all Italian goods for this country must be conveyed in British ships?
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§ Mr. W. R. SMITHThe answer is in the negative. I am not aware of any condition that the coal in question is to be carried only in Italian ships. The position is, as already stated in reply to questions in the House, that the arrangements for sea conveyance were left to the Italian Government.