§ 47. Lieut.-Commander KENW0RTHYasked the Prime Minister whether the place and date for the resumed Peace Conference with Turkey has been decided upon; if so, what are they; who will be the British representatives at the Conference; and whether the Russian Government has been invited to participate in the resumed Conference?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe negotiations for a treaty of peace with Turkey will be resumed at Lausanne on 23rd April. The British representative will be Sir Horace Rumbold, His Majesty's High Commissioner at Constantinople-. The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYWhy was the Russian Government invited to the first Conference and why is it omitted from the second?
§ Mr. McNEILLThat is a question for debate rather than for an answer to a question.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYI submit that that answer should have been given, as the question is on the Paper. Am I not entitled to a reasonable answer?