§ B. Mr. WILMOTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the proposed meeting of the Disarmament Commission in the autumn, His Majesty's Government will make known its proposals on the matter of the reduction of military aircraft and the international control of civilian aircraft?
§ Sir S. HOARENo further meeting of the Disarmament Conference has so far been arranged, and on this matter I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for 26 Wolverhampton East (Mr. Mander) on 5th June last. The proposals of His Majesty's Government in regard to air disarmament are contained in the documents referred to in the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for League of Nations Affairs to a question put by the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. T. Williams) on 5th June.
§ Mr. WILMOTMay I ask whether, in view of the fact that the key of European security is to be found in the Commission mentioned in the question, the Government will through their representative in Geneva take some steps to hasten the calling of this Commission?
§ Sir S. HOAREThere is no such Commission. I imagine that the hon. Member is referring to the Disarmament Conference. If that be so, I dealt with the question on the 5th June and last week, and I pointed out the difficulty of summoning a conference to which at any rate one of the chief participants was not prepared to come.
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSCan the right hon. Gentleman arrange for the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Clay Cross (Mr. A. Henderson) to answer these questions?