HC Deb 01 April 1925 vol 182 c1287
16. Commander BELLAIRS

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what was the last occasion on which representations were made to the French Government in regard to the failure up to now to ratify the Root resolutions against inhuman methods of warfare at sea?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

It is for the Power which convened the Washington Conference and not for His Majesty's Government to make such representations, and I have no knowledge whether any have been made. In reply, however, to an inquiry addressed to the French Government by His Majesty's Ambasador at Paris last year, we were informed that a law providing for ratification had been before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber for some time.

Commander BELLAIRS

I beg to give notice that I will call attention to this matter on the Motion for the adjournment of the House at Easter.