§ 46. Mr. MANDERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has considered the interim report of the Gold Delegation of the Financial Committee of the League of Nations, in which it is stated that the supply of new gold available for monetary purposes will be inadequate by 1934 unless measures to alleviate the situation are adopted in time; and what action the Government proposes to take in the matter in cooperation with other nations?
§ Mr. P. SNOWDENI cannot add anything to the reply which I gave to a similar question put to me by the hon. Member on the 4th November.
§ Mr. MANDERIs not the Chancellor of the Exchequer aware that there are certain recommendations in the interim report which might be carried out at once, and will he give them his consideration?
§ Mr. SNOWDENI stated, in reply to the previous question of the hon. Member, that in any case no action could be taken until the Committee had made a further report.
§ Mr. BOOTHBYIs not the right hon. Gentleman aware that the Genoa Conference recommended a conference of Central Banks to consider this question as long ago as 1922, and, as the time is now ripe for its consideration, will he not consider it?