§ MR. GOOCH (Bath)I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he is yet in a position to make a general statement of the intentions of His Majesty's Government in reference to the forthcoming Hague Conference; and, more particularly, whether they will consider the possibility of formulating proposals for the limitation of naval armaments, and of selecting as one of the representatives of Great Britain some statesmen of high position in sympathy with the cause of international peace.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe proposals to be discussed at The Hague Conference are being carefully examined, including the question of the limitation of armaments on which the views of His Majesty's Government are already known. I am not in a position to give the names of the delegates who will represent Great Britain at the Conference, but they will eventually be chosen with the object of promoting the cause of peace.