§ Mr. RENDALLasked the Attorney-General if he is aware that minors domiciled in England who contract unions in Canada without the consent of their parents, and who subsequently return to 2102W England without consummation of the marriages, have no ground upon which to bring suits for nullity in the English Courts; if so, whether, in view of the grave complications and circumstances contrary to public morals and interests arising out of such unions, the Government intend to deal with inter-Empire marriages at the forthcoming Imperial Conference; and, if so, will the Government consider in what way legal relief can be provided for minors who, having contracted such unions, have never co-habited or communicated in any way with one another for seven years and upwards?
§ Sir G. HEWARTAs to the first part of the question, I understand that the circumstances referred to afford no ground for the granting of a decree for nullity in the English Courts. As to the rest of the question, I have nothing to add to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House yesterday.