§ Sir E. HUME-WILLIAMSasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether negotiations are still proceeding with the German Government with the object of inducing that Government to permit the resumption of through sleeping accommodation being provided on the service between London and Berlin and Paris and Berlin; how far the negotiations have proceeded, and when the through accommodation is likely to be resumed?
§ Mr. McNEILLAs regards the service between London and Berlin, I understand that through sleeping accommodation is provided by the Flushing route. As to the Berlin-Paris-Ostende route, I would refer to the reply I gave to the hon. Member on 13th June last. So far as His Majesty's Government are aware, no breach of Treaty has been shown to have occurred, and no negotiations between His Majesty's Government and the German Government have taken place. The hon. Member will recognise that, in existing1504W conditions in the Ruhr and occupied Rhineland, there may be difficulties as regards through traffic by that route.