§ Mr. J. Morganasked the President of the Board of Trade whether Norwegian-owned fish sent to this country will be exempted from both import quotas and duties; and whether any other Norwegian products available will be so dealt with?
Major Lloyd GeorgeFresh fish of any origin can be imported without an import licence. As regards canned fish and other Norwegian products, I do not think it would be desirable to dispense entirely with the import control, but so far as possible licences will be granted freely for the importation of goods from those parts of Norway which are not under enemy control. It would not be practicable to remove the import duties on Norwegian products, because of our treaty obligations to other countries, but their incidence on Norwegian goods is for the most part quite low.