HC Deb 29 July 1931 vol 255 c2259
13. Mr. MANDER

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state whether the Government have considered the advisability of abandoning in its present form the Treaty of Locarno on its termination?

Mr. DALTON

No, Sir.

Mr. MANGER

Will the Foreign Secretary bear in mind that in any extension of the Treaty it is desirable that its terms should be dependent on general disarmament by all parties thereto, in-eluding particularly France?

Mr. DALTON

I hesitate to name particulars. What the hon. Member asked me was whether His Majesty's Government have considered the advisability of abandoning the Treaty of Locarno in its present form, and the answer is in the negative. I would rather not be led on to other fields.