HC Deb 18 July 1940 vol 363 c417W
Sir P. Hannon

asked the Secretary of State for India whether, with reference to the recent import licensing regulations of the Government of India which prohibited the import of 68 items in the Indian tariff list from entering India except from the British Empire, the French Empire and Portuguese possessions in India, he will represent to the Indian Government the amendment of the regulations so as to exclude France and those parts of the French Empire which attach to the Vichy Government from the enjoyment of this preferential tariff treatment?

Mr. Amery

Following the action taken by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, the Government of India have taken steps to cancel their open general licence for France and the French Empire in respect of goods shipped from European France, Corsica, Tunis, Algeria and the French zone of Morocco.