§ Mr. BYLES (Salford, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether instructions are still being sent from His Majesty's Ministers to the British delegates at the Hague Conference: and can he hold out any expectation that, before the Conference breaks up, the major questions of a permanent court of arbitration and an international reduction of armaments will be strenuously pushed forward for discussion by the representatives of this country.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYHis Majesty's Government are in constant communication with the British delegates on various questions that arise at the Conference. The hon. Member may rest assured that the questions he refers to will continue to receive attention, but the effect given to them must depend upon the general feeling of the Conference, and cannot be decided by the delegates of any one Power acting independently of the rest.