45. Major-General Sir ROBERT HUTCHISONasked the Prime Minister, in view of the recommendation of the League of Nations Disarmament Commission that all subsidies both to private and official laboratories promoting research in poison gases be abolished, whether he can say which nations have adopted these recommendations; what action the British Government has taken; whether any subsidies are now being paid to manufacturers of poison gases and bacteria; and, if so, to whom these subsidies are being paid and the amount in each case?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)Certain clauses in regard to chemical warfare were included in the text of the Draft Convention drawn up by the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference at its third session, but they have not yet come forward for discussion on the Preparatory Commission. The answer to the third part of the question is in the negative.