§ 27. Mr. MORRISasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is prepared to recommend the setting up of a Committee of the House of Commons, consisting of Members of all parties, to consider the replies of the British experts to the questions from the Council of the League of Nations relating to disarmament and to make such recommendations as the Committee think desirable before the answers are sent to Geneva?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Austen Chamberlain)The questionnaire issued by the League is of a highly technical nature and is already under consideration by a sub-committee of the C.I.D. I am not prepared to adopt the hon. Member's suggestion.
§ 28. Mr. MORRISasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the promise made at Locarno to give Germany equality of treatment, if he will say whether the Government is prepared to recommend to the Disarmament Conference the acceptance by all nations of a progressive reduction in armaments, in accordance with the basis of reduction as determined by the Allies for Germany, and as set forth in the Versailles Treaty?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINI do, not understand the reference to Locarno, and I am not in a position to make any statement as to the line which the British representative may eventually take.