Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 February 1954.
In our dealings with Colonial Governments we were concerned to safeguard particularly their exports to Japan—in the case of the Uganda Government cotton is very important. We obtained an estimate of the amount of Japanese goods which they would wish to import when there were no balance of payments difficulties. We have informed them that as balance of payments difficulties do not exist any longer it is up to them to decide their own requirements.