§ Mr. JOHNSTONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the British Government have requested the Norwegian Government to permit the importation of a quantity of whisky under the most-favoured-nation clause of the treaty between Great Britain and Norway; and whether the Government proposes to insist upon this demand?
Mr. SAMUELWe have not requested the Norwegian Government to permit the importation of whisky. The second part of the question therefore does not arise. But I would add that, as already stated in a reply given to the former Member for Oldham (Sir E. Grigg) on the 25th March, His Majesty's Government are giving their close attention to the disadvantageous position in the Norwegian market of British distillers.