HC Deb 19 November 1928 vol 222 cc1365-6
77. Mr. WELLOCK

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the items of expenditure in the budget of the International Labour Office to which he took exception at the recent meetings of the League of Nations Assembly?

Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for West-houghton (Mr. Rhys Davies) on the 15th instant.

Mr. WELLOCK

In view of the growing importance of the work of the International Labour Office and in view of the opinion expressed on all sides of this House on Wednesday last is it not a calamity that the right hon. Gentle- man should have sought to reduce the budget of the International Labour Office?

Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON

There was no reduction in the Estimate.

Mr. WELLOCK

But is it not a calamity that the budget of the International Labour Office should be reduced?

Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON

The hon. Gentleman is under an entire misapprehension. He had better wait until the White Paper is issued.