§ 45. Sir K. WOODasked the Prime Minister whether he can now lay Papers containing the correspondence between the Government and the Dominions upon the Government's proposals in relation to Imperial Preference and kindred matters?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)A similar question was asked on the 15th July and answered in the negative. The matter has been further considered, but His Majesty's Government are unable to depart from their previous decision. They share the opinion of their predecessors that there 812 can be no free expression and interchange of views between this country and the Dominions if the correspondence on each occasion requires to be conducted with the possibility in mind of its eventually having to be published.