§ Mr. Morganasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that for the three years 1935 to 1937 we imported sugar from Cuba to the extent of about 600,000 tons per annum and approximately the same amount from British sugar-producing colonies; and, as during this period we sold £1,000,000, worth of goods to Cuba as against £7,000,000 worth to the sugar-producing colonies, what steps are possible under the international sugar agreement to reduce our imports of Cuban sugar and to increase our imports of colonial sugar?
Mr. M. MacDonaldUnder the International Sugar Agreement Cuban exports of sugar into the free market have in fact been fixed at a figure very considerably below their peak export figure, whereas Colonial exports have not1102W suffered any such considerable reduction, and Colonial imports into the United Kingdom market have been maintained at a level as high as they have attained at any time.