EARL of RONALDSHAYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the Turkish import duties are at the present time 11 per cent. ad valorem; if the Turkish Government has expressed a desire to raise them to 15 per cent.; if the consent of Great Britain is necessary before this can be done; if the Turkish Government have expressed their intention of allocating any additional revenue which may be realised by an increase in the Customs duties to any particular object; and, if so, to what object?
Mr. McKINNON WOODThe answer to the first three questions is in the affirmative; that to the fourth is in the negative.