§ 24. Major ELLIOT (for Mr. ORMSBY-GORE)asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the complete observations of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations on the manner in which the mandate for Palestine has been carried on during the past year have now been received; when and by whom these observations will be published in full; and whether, in view of the criticisms submitted by this advisory committee of the League of Nations, it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to take early action to carry out their obligations under the mandate?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Dr. Drummond Shiels)The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part, I understand 2122 that the report of the Permanent Mandates Commission to the Council of the League of Nations, together with the observations upon it of His Majesty's Government, will be published by the Secretariat of the League as soon as those observations have been received. As regards the last part of the question, His Majesty's present Government will continue, like their predecessors who have been responsible for Palestine in the past, to administer that territory in accordance with the terms of the Mandate, and any suggestions made by the Permanent Mandates Commission as regards the measures to be adopted in better realising the objects of the Mandate will receive their most careful consideration.