HC Deb 09 February 1943 vol 386 cc1166-7
57. Mr. Ellis Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has considered the need to publish a White Paper giving the main outlines of British foreign policy, diplomatic reports and incidents between 1929 and 1942?

The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Richard Law)

This question is being considered, but I am not yet in a position to make any statement.

Mr. Smith

Will the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind that information of this kind has already been given in the United States of America and that the people of this country ought to have the same consideration shown to them?

Mr. Law

Yes, Sir. The question is being considered.

Mr. Ivor Thomas

Would it not be better to forget the years 1931–38?