§ 21. Mr. MARKHAMasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give a list of all treaties and undertakings with foreign Powers under which Great Britain is bound to supply armed assistance in certain eventualities?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEThe list of international agreements which might in certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions being fulfilled, involve the use by this country of its armed forces, is as follows:
There are also various treaty engagements with the Arab rulers of the Persian Gulf under which His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom have undertaken liabilities of varying extent for the protection of the territories concerned.
- 1. The Covenant of the League of Nations.
- 2. The Treaty of Locarno, 1925.
- 3. The Straits Convention of Lausanne, 1923.
- 4. The Treaties of Alliance with Portugal dating back to 1373.
- 5. The Treaty of the 20th October, 1921, respecting the non-fortification and neutralisation of the Aland Islands.
- 6. The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of Alliance of 1930, which entered into force on 3rd October, 1932.