§ 1. Major ELLIOTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any progress has been made in regard to the settlement of the Ukrainian question; and, if not, whether he intends to put this matter on the agenda for the next meeting of the Council of the League of Nations?
§ 2. Major HILLSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state how many Ukrainian members of the Polish Sejm are now in prison; how many have been imprisoned without trial; and whether the Committee of Three obtained any assurances from the Polish Government with regard to the release or immediate trial of those members of the Polish Parliament who have been imprisoned without trial?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Dalton)Since my reply to the hon. Member for East Wolverhampton (Mr. Mander) on the 15th of July, no further progress has been reported. A decision whether or not this question shall be placed on the 2252 agenda of the Council of the League of Nations will be taken after the meeting of the Committee of Three at Geneva in September. My right hon. Friend has been informed that 17 Ukrainian members of the last Sejm and Senate were arrested since the 1st of September, 1930, of whom one is still in prison and three others are on bail awaiting trial. Of the remaining 13, 12 have been convicted and one acquitted. Three Ukrainian members of the present Sejm and Senate have been arrested, of whom two were also members of the last Parliament and are included in the above figures. One of these three has been tried and convicted. The other two are on bail. All these sentences are subject to revision by higher courts. The Committee of Three received no assurances from the Polish Government regarding the release or immediate trial of these prisoners.