§ 125. Mr. Lennox-Boydasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of U.S. activities in connection with the International Conference on Trade and Employment, he will draw up and have submitted on behalf of the British Government, a set of proposals for consideration at the next meeting of the Preparatory Committee at Geneva in April next.
§ Mr. MarquandI do not think that any good purpose would be served by the hon. Member's proposal. The agenda for the next session of the Preparatory Committee, so far as it will not be concerned with actual tariff rates, will be primarily the report of the first session recently held 405W in London. This, it is hoped, will in the meantime have received the favourable consideration of the Governments of. the countries represented. At the first session, the whole field of general questions appropriate to an International Conference on Trade and Employment was surveyed in the light of the views expressed by the various Delegations. The representatives of the United Kingdom made a very full contribution to the discussions, which will have been duly taken into account in the report. At the second session the United Kingdom Delegation, in common with other delegations, will be in a position to make known the views of their Government on the various points to be discussed.