§ 46. Mr. HEWINSasked the Prime Minister, in view of the fact that the meeting of the Imperial Conference is not to be held this year as arranged, if he will state what steps His Majesty's Government are taking to consult the King's Ministers in the Dominions overseas so as to ensure that in any peace negotiations His Majesty's Ministers in the United Kingdom have behind them the full support of the self-governing peoples of the Empire; and whether the Government will now intimate to the Premiers overseas that the presence of themselves or any of their colleagues would be most welcome in London this summer?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Mr. Harcourt)The Prime Minister asks me to say that he cannot add anything to the statement which I made to the House on the 14th of April.
§ Mr. HEWINSPerhaps the right hon. Gentleman can give an answer to the last part of the question?
§ Mr. HARCOURTThe Prime Ministers of the Dominions already know that their presence here will be most welcome at anytime, and that there is always a vacant chair for them in the Committee of Imperial Defence.
§ Mr. HEWINSHave they been informed?
§ Mr. HARCOURTCertainly.