§ 1. Mr. DAYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there are any States that have failed to ratify 460 the gas protocol; and whether any information has been given to the Secretary-General of the League as to the reason why these signatories have refused to ratify?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Dalton)Twenty-six of the signatories to tale Protocol have now ratified it, but the following nineteen signatories have not yet done so: Abyssinia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Greece, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Salvador, Siam, Switzerland, United States of America, and Uruguay. I understand that the Netherlands are taking steps to ratify the Protocol shortly. So far as I am aware, none of the above States has informed the Secretary-General of the League of its reasons for not ratifying the Protocol.
§ Mr. DAYCan the hon. Gentleman say whether those States which have ratified have done so without reservation?
§ Mr. DALTONI should like to have notice of that question. The conditions of ratification vary in different cases.