§ Sir J. Wardlaw-Milneasked the President of the Board of Trade whether any products from the Dominions are allowed to be imported into the United Kingdom free of duty or with a substantial preference, when similar products exported from the United Kingdom to the Dominions concerned are subject to import or other duties by that Dominion?
Mr. StanleyWith a few exceptions, goods grown, produced or manufactured1746W in the Dominions and consigned from any part of the Empire are imported into the United Kingdom either free of duty or at a preferential rate of duty, provided they conform to the Imperial Preference regulations. United Kingdom goods are subjected to duty or admitted free of duty in the Dominions without reference to the treatment which similar Dominion goods receive in this country. In many cases, duties are charged in the Dominions on goods from this country which, had they been imported here from the Dominions, would have enjoyed free entry. A large proportion of United Kingdom goods enjoy preferences in the Dominions and many kinds of United Kingdom goods are admitted to the various Dominions free of duty.