HC Deb 20 January 1931 vol 247 cc2-3
4. Mr. OSWALD LEWIS

asked the President of the Board of Trade which of the great Powers besides Great Britain has ratified the convention embodying the tariff truce?

Mr. W. GRAHAM

According to my information, the Commercial Convention has up to the present been ratified by the following States, besides the United Kingdom: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Latvia, Luxemburg, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

Mr. LEWIS

May I ask which of these countries can be described as great Powers?

Mr. HANNON

Is it a fact that every single country that has become a party to the truce has something to get out of this country, whereas we reap no corresponding advantage at all in return?

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