HC Deb 08 May 1923 vol 163 c2121
46. Captain WEDGWOOD BENN

asked the Prime Minister whether the new Ordinance No. 167, setting up a pass barrier in the Rhineland, has received the assent of the British Commissioner; whether it is operative in the British occupied territory; and whether, in general, ordinances of the Commission from which the British representative dissents are effective in the territory occupied by British troops?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Baldwin)

The answer to the first two parts of the question is in the negative. As regard the last part, ordinances arising out of Franco-Belgian independent action, on which His Majesty's High Commissioner, acting in accordance with his standing instructions, has abstained from voting, have not been carried into effect in he British zone.