§ 74. Sir H. BRITTAINasked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether advantage could be taken of the Confer- 844 ence now sitting at San Remo by submitting a suggestion that the present is an appropriate time for dispensing with the necessity of the formality of a visé or endorsement on properly executed passports carried by citizens of the Allied Powers when travelling between the respective countries represented at the Conference?
Mr. HARMSWORTHIt is not practicable to raise this question now before the Conference at San Remo, whose time is fully taken up with more urgent questions requiring immediate decisions.
§ Sir H. BRITTAINConsidering the many thousands of valuable hours wasted by travelling business men, could not the question be raised at some future time through the representatives of this country in the Allied nations?
Lieut.-Colonel MURRAYIs the Government approaching the French Government on the matter, and does it propose to have any regard at all to the views expressed in this House?
§ Mr. MILLSHow soon are we going to revert to pre-War conditions and freedom for citizens, and at the same time obtain some degree of economy in dismissing this staff, who are kept for the purpose of issuing passports?
§ Sir S. HOAREDoes my hon. Friend remember that a week ago he told me he was considering the advisability of appointing a Committee on this subject? Has he not come to any decision yet?
§ Sir S. HOAREWill my right hon. Friend be able to give me an answer next Monday?