§ Sir L. Lyleasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether in view 718W of the substantial Canadian exchange profit by shipments of Jamaican sugar to that Dominion, he will arrange for the exchange authority in Jamaica to take a more broadminded view in regard to the purchase from Canada of commodities indispensable to sugar production, at present unobtainable in this country.
§ Mr. George HallThe Canadian dollar resources under the control of His Majesty's Government, which include those earned by sales of Colonial produce, are strictly limited and must be used to the best advantage to promote our war effort. It is not compatible with this overriding consideration to give specially favourable consideration to a particular Colonial sugar industry, because its sugar goes to Canada and not, as does most Colonial sugar, to this country. The authorities in Jamaica, as in other Colonies, have instructions to make exchange available to pay for any supplies which it is essential to import from Canada.