§ 52. Sir R. COOPERasked the Prime Minister if he intends to take steps to secure that any agreement for peace shall in general principles be in accordance with the wishes of the majority of the Members of this House; and, if so, can he say what those steps will be?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe Government must, I think, be the interpreter of the views of the House and the nation in this matter.
§ Sir R. COOPERIs it the fact that the country will be committed to a secret peace agreement?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI do not know whether my hon. Friend suggests that the terms of peace should be put as a referendum, and I do not know any other way in which the country could be represented except by its Government.
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHWill the House have control over the terms of peace? [HON. MEMBERS: "Order!"]