HC Deb 24 July 1930 vol 241 c2404
79. Mr. SMITHERS

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many sub-committees have been set up to deal with Russian debts and claims; and will he give the names of those appointed to serve on each sub-committee?

Mr. DALTON

As my right hon. Friend stated in his reply to the hon. and gallant Member for the Isle of Wight (Captain P. Macdonald) on 14th July, there will, as at present arranged, be four subcommittees. The British representatives on these sub-committees will consist of a chairman, who will be a member of the main committee, and of other persons, not necessarily members of the main committee, specially acquainted with the questions at issue. The personnel of the sub-committees is now in process of formation.

Mr. SMITHERS

Does not the Under-Secretary realise that all this delay is causing the British Government to look ridiculous in the eyes of the world?