§ Major POLEasked the Secretary of State for India if he will obtain a report from the Government of India of specific instances of the dumping of sugar in India from foreign producing countries during the last few months; and whether, in view of the position of the sugar industry in India revealed in the recent report of the Indian Tariff Board, the Government of India propose to expedite their views on the Tariff Board's findings?
§ Mr. BENNThe Finance Member of the Government of India, in introducing the Indian Budget (which provides for an additional duty of Rs.1 As.4 per hundredweight on all grades of sugar, as a revenue measure), indicated that the recommendations of the Tariff Board were under consideration by the Government of India, and I should not feel justified in pressing them to expedite their views. In these circumstances, I do not think that any useful purpose would be served in calling for a report on the dumping of sugar from foreign countries during the last few months.