§ 4. Mr. ERNEST BROWNasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what arrangements are made by his Department during the sittings of the Council of the League of Nations so that British Press representatives may be equally in possession of facts for publication as are their French and German colleagues?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONA member of the Foreign Office is present at Geneva during sittings of the Council of the League of Nations as Press Officer, and is always accessible to British Press representatives. My right hon. Friend is also in the habit of receiving those correspondents from time to time during the sittings of the Council.
§ Mr. BROWNHas the hon. Gentleman's attention been called to an article from one of these Press correspondents, published last Monday, which points out that the British correspondents have had to go to French and German sources to get the information that they desired because they could not get it from our own Foreign Office or Minister?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONI thought that the hon. Gentleman's question was based on a certain article, which I read very carefully. There is no truth in it at all. My right hon. Friend is always prepared to meet the representatives of the British Press in this way.