HC Deb 27 February 1918 vol 103 cc1397-8W
Captain CARR-GOMM

asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Indian Kip Committee enjoys a privilege amounting to a monopoly in the matter of freight and licences without which other British firms are unable to trade?

Mr. HERBERT FISHER

The export of raw hides from India is under present conditions practically confined to shipments on behalf of His Majesty's Government and Allied Governments. So far as this creates a monopoly of freight and licences in the trade, the monopoly is enjoyed by the Government, not by the purchasing agents.