§ 48. Mr. C. WILLIAMSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, in the recent conversations with the Austrian. Chancellor, the question of making or guaranteeing a new loan to Austria was discussed?
§ Sir J. SIMONIn the course of conversations with the Austrian Chancellor, reference was made to the loan which is provided for in the Protocol of 15tlh July, 1932, and in the Austrian Loan Guarantee Act, and which it is hoped to issue at an early date in London, Paris and the other capitals concerned.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSMy question refers to any new proposed loan. May I have the assurance of the right hon. Gentleman that the Government do not intend to advance beyond those loans to which this House has already agreed?
§ Sir J. SIMONIf my hon. Friend's question refers to some other loan, and not to the loan which was approved by Parliament, no such communication has passed.
§ Mr. ANEURIN BEVANMay I ask whether the French Government is cooperating in supplying a new loan to Austria—the loan already sanctioned by this House?
§ Sir J. SIMONThe French Government is one of the parties, as my hon. Friend knows, to the loan, and I think that it has already been stated in the House that our own participation will depend upon the participation of others, including the French.