§ 1. Mr. Manderasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what communications have passed during the past two years between the British Government and the French Government with reference to future policy in Palestine; whether the French Government were at any stage consulted; and whether the French Government consulted the British Government when preparing its partition plan for Syria and the ending of the French mandate?
§ The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Viscount Cranborne)There has been no question of consultation between His Majesty's Government and the French Government with regard to the future of either Palestine or Syria, both of which are questions for which the mandatories are responsible not to any other country but to the League of Nations. As a matter of courtesy, however, the French Government and His Majesty's Government keep in informal touch with each other on these subjects.
§ Mr. ManderIs it proposed to continue this practice in the future with regard to Palestine and Syria?
§ Viscount CranborneCertainly we shall continue the practice.