HC Deb 23 February 1882 vol 266 cc1363-4
MR. HINDE PALMER

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any further correspondence or negotiation has taken place since the issue of Blue Book C. 2870, towards the formation of a Copyright Convention between Great Britain and the United States.

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

Mr. West, on proceeding last autumn to his post as Her Majesty's Minister at Washington, was instructed to make certain proposals to the Government of the United States with the view to the conclusion of a Copyright Convention. The negotiation is still in progress.