HC Deb 25 February 1924 vol 170 c23
18. Mr. JOHN HARRIS

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the principal outstanding questions now being dealt with by the Ambassadors' Conference; and if he can give any indication as to the time when they expect to complete their task?

The PRIME MINISTER

The Ambassadors' Conference was created for the purpose of co-ordinating the action of the Allied Governments in regard to questions arising out of the interpretation and execution of the Treaties of Peace. It is not possible at this stage to indicate any date by which such questions are likely to be concluded. Among the principal matters actually engaging the attention of the Conference, I may mention the status of the Memel territory; military control in Germany and the other ex-enemy States; Clearing Office payments; differential treatment and taxation of allied nationals in Germany; payment of the costs of the armies of occupation, Rhineland High Commission and Commissions of Control; reports and expenses of Boundary Commissions. But this list must not be regarded as in any way exhaustive.

Mr. MOSLEY

May we assume, since the unification effected by my right hon. Friend, that divergent policies will no longer be pursued by the Ambassadors' Conference and the League of Nations as were pursued under the recent Government?

The PRIME MINISTER

As my hon. Friend knows, I am doing everything I possibly can to put an end to those conflicting decisions come to by the two authorities. As I would have pointed out in reply to a question which was not allowed to be put, I hope the hon. Member will remember that we have been something less than a month in office.

Captain BERKELEY

Will the right hon. Gentleman, as far as possible, endeavour to get the tasks of the Ambassadors' Conference transferred to the Council of the League?