§ 58. Mr. HURDasked the Prime Minister whether it was on the advice of His Majesty's Ministers in the United Kingdom or His Majesty's Ministers in the Dominion of Canada that the Canadian Minister Plenipotentiary alone was authorised to sign the recent Treaty with the United States on behalf of the King; and when he will lay upon the Table the correspondence leading up to this development in the constitutional practice of the British Empire?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe arrangement made was the result of agreement between the two Governments. I am considering the question of laying correspondence.
§ Mr. HURDIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the correspondence was presented in Canada last year?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, I am aware of that.