HC Deb 02 July 1860 vol 159 c1254
SIR ROBERT PEEL

said, he wished to ask the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Whether, as a solution of the question which has arisen between Switzerland and France respecting the annexation to France of the neutralized provinces of Savoy, Her Majesty's Government have replied, in answer to the Despatch of M. Thouvenel on the subject, that they are prepared to accept the proposition contained in that Despatch for the assembling in conference of the great Powers of Europe?

LORD JOHN RUSSELL

said, it was true that Her Majesty's Government had, in reply to the despatch of M. Thouvenel, agreed to the proposal to hold a Conference of the Powers of Europe with respect to Savoy. He might also add that the Russian Government had assented to the proposal.

SIR ROBERT PEEL

When is the conference to assemble?

LORD JOHN RUSSELL

That is a point not yet settled.