§ Mr. Blakerasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those Commonwealth countries which, within the last 10 years, have reduced or abolished Commonwealth preferences previously enjoyed by Great Britain.
§ Mr. MasonSierra Leone and Zambia have abolished Commonwealth preferences on U.K. goods. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Ceylon, Malaysia, Jamaica, Trinidad, Cyprus and Malta have all reduced some of the preferences they accord to U.K. goods, generally as a result of multilateral tariff negotiations or to enable them to increase tariff protection for local industries.
§ Mr. Blakerasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those Commonwealth countries which have increased the tariff preference enjoyed by Great Britain in their markets within the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MasonIt has not been practicable in the time available to make a complete examination of the tariffs of all the Commonwealth countries but increases in preferences which we enjoy are known to have been made in the following countries:
Ceylon. Malta. Cyprus Singapore. Jamaica. Trinidad. Increases have mostly been small and due to rearrangement of the tariffs of the countries concerned.
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§ Mr. Blakerasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those Commonwealth countries which have introduced new tariffs or raised existing tariffs against Great Britain in the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MasonAustralia, New Zealand, Canada, India, Pakistan, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Jamaica, Trinidad, Malta, Ceylon, Cyprus, Malaysia, Singapore.