HC Deb 24 March 1930 vol 237 c19
35. Mr. MANDER

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is in a position to state when the next meeting of the Preparatory Commission for Disarmament will be held at Geneva?

Mr. A. HENDERSON

No date has yet been fixed.

Mr. MANDER

Can the right hon. Gentleman say that, whatever the results of the Naval Conference, the Government intend to press on at the earliest possible moment with the full Disarmament Conference?

Mr. HENDERSON

The matter does not rest with His Majesty's Government. It will be for the Preparatory Commission to recommend to the Council or Assembly of the League when the Disarmament Conference should be held.

Mr. MANDER

Will you press them?