§ Sir L. Lyleasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the serious plight of agriculturists in Trinidad; and whether it is part of the policy of His Majesty's Government to accept loans from an island which should be subsidising its own primary producers as in this country?
§ Colonel StanleyIn general it is the policy of His Majesty's Government that local needs in the Colonies should be met before loans of surplus funds are accepted from them. I should be grateful if my hon. Friend would give me particulars of the serious plight of agriculturists in Trinidad to which he refers and of the primary producers who should in his opinion be subsidised.