HC Deb 23 December 1929 vol 233 c1884
15. Mr. GODFREY LOCKER-LAMPSON

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any further indication of the intention of the Chinese Government to abolish extra-territoriality on 1st January next?

Mr. A. HENDERSON

I have received no further intimation that the Chinese Government intend to take this step, but the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs has referred to it as a possibility in conversation with the representative at Nanking of His Majesty's Minister in Peking.

Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON

The Chinese Government have announced that they are going to abolish extra-territoriality on 1st January, and, if they carry out what they said they were going to do, can the right hon. Gentleman say what steps he proposes to take?

Mr. HENDERSON

I would hope that the right hon. Gentleman has had sufficient experience in dealing with foreign affairs not to expect me to answer such a hypothetical question.

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