§ 40. Mr. RENNIE SMITHasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has received any information from the Secretary-General of the League of Nations as to the date of the next meeting of the Preparatory Disarmament Commission?
§ 41. Mr. SMITHasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if His Majesty's Government have considered the gradual scheme of partial disarmament submitted by the Russian Government towards the end of the last meeting of the Preparatory Commission at Geneva; and if he can make a statement to the House?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINThe scheme is still under consideration, and I am unable to make any statement to the House at present.
§ 42. Mr. SMITHasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is in a position to make any statement to the House as to the conversations on naval matters and on some important principles of land disarmament in progress among the experts, to which reference was made at the close of the last meeting of the Preparatory Disarmament Commission at Geneva?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINThe conversations to which the hon. Member refers have not yet reached a conclusion. He will understand, therefore, that it is impossible for me to make any statement at present.