§ Captain NORTHasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the recent proposed increases in the French import tax on British petroleum residues, heavy oils, cocoa, butter and substitutes, absorbent and cellulose cotton, paint and varnishes, and vulcanised rubber have yet come into force; whether these increases apply to all such goods imported into France irrespective of the countries of origin; and, if not, what are the countries excepted?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe increases in the French import tax on the commodities to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers are already in force, and apply to imports from all countries except Belgium.