20. Mr. YOUNG (for Mr. RICHARD EVANS)asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement defining the attitude of the Government to the proposal of the Italian Government to discuss at the Lausanne Conference the suspension of that part of The Hague agreement relating to the purchase of Welsh coal for State purposes?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Isaac Foot)No such proposal has been made by the Italian Government so far as His Majesty's Government are aware.