§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he has any information as to the proposal of the Australian Federal Government for an all-round increase in existing Import Duties from 10 to 20 per cent., and the adoption of a schedule of articles declared to be luxury articles to be heavily super-taxed or, in some cases, prohibited?
§ Mr. LUNNI have read certain statements in the Press, but I have no information that His Majesty's Government in the Commonwealth of Australia has put forward any such proposal.