HC Deb 01 August 1923 vol 167 c1503W
Mr. A. BENNETT

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can make any statement as to the present position of negotiations on the subject of the future of Tangier?

Mr. McNEILL

The informal conversations between the British, French and Spanish experts, which are not negotiations in the usual sense of the word, but are directed solely to agreeing upon a basis of discussion for a conference between representatives of the Governments concerned, have been postponed to a date provisionally fixed towards the end of next month. Until these conversations have been resumed, and their outcome is known, no statement can usefully be made.