6. Lieut.-Colonel MURRAYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present staff of the political mission to Poland, and whether a Minister has yet been appointed?
Mr. HARMSWORTHSir Percy Wyndham has been accredited as His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on a special mission to the Republic of Poland. His staff consists of four secretaries.
§ Sir H. HOAREDoes that mean that Sir Percy Wyndham is the permanent Minister appointed to this Republic?
Mr. HARMSWORTHI should not like my hon. and gallant Friend to put any other meaning into what I have said.
§ The following question stood on the. Paper in the name of Lieut.-Colonel A. MURRAY:
§ 13. To ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will inform the House what is the present staff of the British political mission to Poland; and whether a Minister has yet been appointed?
1575Lieut.-Colonel MURRAYMay I ask, in view of the fact that this question is exactly similar to one I have previously asked, how it is that it appears on the Paper a second time?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe printer will probably have to bear the blame.
§ At the conclusion of Questions.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. and gallant Member for Kincardine (Lieut.-Colonel Murray) asked me a question earlier in to-day's proceedings as to why two questions in his name, in almost identical terms, appeared on the Paper. For the moment I threw the blame upon the printers. Now I am afraid I have to shift the blame on to his own shoulders, because I have in my hand the two questions which he himself handed in.