§ Sir R. Russellasked the President of the Board of Trade what communications the Government have received from Commonwealth Governments following representations made by the United States Government for a time-table to be set up for the phasing out of preferences granted by the less developed countries to United Kingdom exports; and what replies have been sent.
§ Mr. CroslandTwo Commonwealth Governments informed us last November of representations which they had received from the United States. They were told that, in our view, this issue could not be considered in isolation from the scope and shape of the generalised preference arrangements as a whole, which are as yet undetermined.