HC Deb 15 September 1931 vol 256 cc672-3
25. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

asked the Prime Minister who are to be the delegates representing the parties supporting His Majesty's Government in this House at the resumed Round Table Conference on India?

The PRIME MINISTER

As the answer is rather long I propose with the permission of my hon. and gallant Friend to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

There are only 12 names.

The PRIME MINISTER

There are 15 to be accurate.

Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

May I ask for the names?

The PRIME MINISTER

They are:

  1. 1. The Prime Minister (The Right Hon. J. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P.).
  2. 2. The Lord Chancellor (The Right Hon. Lord Sankey, G.B.E.).
  3. 3. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (The Most Hon. The Marquess of Reading, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O.).
  4. 4. The Secretary of State for India (The Right Hon. Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt., G.B.E., C.M.G., M.P.).
  5. 5. The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and for the Colonies (Right Hon. J. H. Thomas, M.P.).
  6. 6. The Lord Privy Seal (The Right Hon. Earl Peel, G.B.E.).
  7. 7. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (The Most Hon. The Marquess of Lothian, C.H.).
  8. 8. The Attorney-General (The Right Hon. Sir William Jowitt, K.C., M.P.).
  9. 9. The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Major Walter E. Elliot, M.C., M.P.).
  10. 10. The Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs (The Hon. Oliver Stanley, M.C., M.P.).
  11. 11. The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir Robert Hamilton, M.P.).
  12. 12. The Secretary for Mines (Isaac Foot, Esquire, M.P.).
  13. 13. The Assistant Postmaster-General (Henry Graham White, Esquire, M.P.).
  14. 14. The Right Hon. The Viscount Hail-sham.
  15. 15. The Most Hon. The Marquess of Zetland, G.C.SI., G.C.I.E.

Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGE

Will the Prime Minister say for what reason the hon. and gallant Member for Central Hull (Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy) was not included?