HC Deb 05 May 1930 vol 238 cc620-1
45. Mr. WISE

asked the Prime Minister if the Hague agreement on German Reparations has yet been ratified by the requisite number of countries to bring it into force; whether Great Britain has yet ratified the Hague agreements; and whether these agreements will be submitted for discussion by the House of Commons before ratification?

46. Mr. MALONE

asked the Prime Minister when His Majesty's Government intend to ratify the agreements reached at the recent Hague Conferences; and whether any Parliamentary measures will be brought before the House of Commons?

The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)

The reply to the first two parts of the question put by my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester East (Mr. Wise) is in the negative. The agreements were laid on the Table of the House on 11th February and, no objection having been raised, His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom will deposit their ratification within a very few days.