HC Deb 05 August 1925 vol 187 cc1331-2
1. Mr. FOOT MITCHELL

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has information that the Chinese chamber of commerce at Shanghai has pledged itself to continue the anti-British boycott for a year; and whether, in view of the fact that British trade is being seriously hampered and interfered with and, as a result, our nationals are not obtaining the business which they ordinarily secure, the Government can expedite the judicial inquiry into the situation in order to arrive at a prompt decision on the Shanghai shootings and controversy?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Ronald McNeill)

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As regards the second part of the question, everything possible is being done, and not for commercial reasons only, to expedite the meeting of a judicial commission of inquiry.

Captain WEDGWOOD BENN

Is it intended to summon an international conference to deal with the whole question of extra-territoriality?

Mr. McNEILL

That is quite a different question, and has nothing to do with the inquiry at Shanghai.

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