asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the date of the ratification of the existing commercial treaty between England and Germany; and whether under the Anglo-German Commercial Treaty the Government is prohibited from imposing a countervailing duty on bounty-fed cereals imported into this country from Germany as distinct from non-bounty-fed cereals of a like nature from other countries?

Ratifications of the Anglo-German Commercial Treaty were exchanged on 8th September, 1925. The answer to the second part of the question is in the affirmative.

Do I understand that the Convention has tied the hands of the present Government and that this is due to the action of the previous Tory Government?

I cannot allow further supplementaries to this question, as the hon. Member has extended the scope of it far beyond the original question.

But may I raise the point on the Adjournment?