Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he is aware of the difficulties in respect to cattle exportation to the Union as between the Union of South Africa and Swaziland and the High Commissioner's territories; and whether the present position is satisfactory to the natives concerned?
Marquess of HartingtonI presume that the hon. Member has in mind the weight restrictions imposed on the entry of 1147W cattle from Swaziland and the Bechuanaland Protectorate into the Union. The matter has been discussed with the Union authorities on various occasions since the restrictions were first imposed in 1924, but they have not hitherto found it practicable to modify them.