§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he will state the reasons which have led the Government to oppose the full and immediate publication of the proceedings of the Imperial Conference on the subject of preferential commercial relationships between the States of the Empire.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANNo distinction is drawn between different subjects in the manner of their treatment with regard to publication. The question of publication is, as I have frequently stated, for the decision of the Conference itself.
§ VISCOUNT TURNOURasked why the report of that part of the Conference which dealt with Imperial defence and of the speech of the Secretary for War was published in much fuller detail than reports dealing with other subjects.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI understand the Conference so decided. At any rate, there has been no interference on the part of the Government.