HC Deb 24 October 1932 vol 269 cc608-9W
Sir W. SUGDEN

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that, under the new modus vivendi between Portugal and France, the 15 per cent. depreciated currency sur-tax on Portuguese goods entering France has been abolished; and whether, in view of the fact that the Portuguese escudo is linked to sterling, the French Government have similarly abolished the 15 per cent. surtax on British goods entering France?

Lieut.-Colonel COLVILLE

The answer to the first part is in the affirmative, and to the second in the negative. A note has been received from the French Government regarding the 15 per cent. sur-tax and the question of the discrimination practised against United Kingdom goods in France both in the matter of the sur-tax and in several other matters of rather smaller importance is under active consideration.