§ Mr. PIKEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the agreement, already initialled by Holland, Belgium, and Luxemburg, which provides for the reciprocal lowering of Customs barriers; whether any overtures have been made 1818W to His Majesty's Government; and what stps, if any, have been taken?
§ Mr. COLVILLEI would refer to the answer which I gave on 27th June to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton East (Mr. Mander), in which it was stated that the question of His Majesty's Government's adherence to the proposed Convention does not yet arise.