§ 1. Mr. MANDERasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what steps have been taken for the setting up of a Commonwealth Tribunal, arising out of the decisions of the Imperial Conference?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for DOMINION AFFAIRS (Mr. J. H. Thomas)The object of the recommendations of the Imperial Conference of 1930 in regard to a Commonwealth Tribunal was, as stated on page 23 of Cmd. Paper 3717, to:
facilitate resortto an arbitral tribunalby providing for the machinery whereby a tribunal could in any given case be brought into existence.It is not, therefore, necessary for any further steps to be taken unless and until a difference of the nature contemplated by the Conference should unfortunately arise between Members of the British Commonwealth when the machinery recommended by the Conference could be brought into operation by agreement between the parties to the dispute.