§ Mr. BRIDGEMANasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state in what capacity the over-seas members of the Imperial Conference attended the Committee of Imperial Defence?
Mr. HARCOURTThe over-seas members of the Imperial Conference attended the Committee of Imperial Defence on the invitation of the Prime Minister, it being considered that defence questions would be most suitably discussed at a Committee at whose discussions the principal expert advisers of His Majesty's Government in such matters are present.
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has he arrived at any decision regarding the publication of a fuller Report of the proceedings of the Imperial Conference than that to be found in the daily précis; and, if so, what is that decision?
Mr. HARCOURTThe question of publication of the proceedings of the Conference is for the Conference, and not for the Secretary of State, to decide. It is anticipated that a full report of the proceedings, so far as the discussions are not confidential, will be issued as soon as possible after the close of the Conference.