§ 53. Mr. POTTERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether steps have been or will be taken, preparatory to the meeting of the Economic Conference, to devise safeguards against repetition of the oversight at earlier international post-War conferences which has resulted in it being considered unnecessary to conform with the specifically included gold-payment-of-interest clauses; and is he aware that, unless means are provided which will prevent departure from contractual obligations, as part of international monetary, currency, and stabilisation decisions, the general public here is unlikely to risk savings for supporting international loans required for world re-settlement?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI shall, of course, bear this matter in mind, but I do not see what action His Majesty's Government could usefully take in the direction my hon. Friend suggests.