HC Deb 29 March 1911 vol 23 cc1479-80W
Sir WILLIAM BULL

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the instructions given to the British plenipotentiary at the conference which formulated the Declaration of London, and are quoted in Cd. 4554, were formally approved by the Board of Admiralty in relation to the effective action of the British Navy in war-time prior to being delivered to the plenipotentiary?

Dr. MACNAMARA

The instructions to the British plenipotentiary at the International Naval Conference in London were referred to and received the concurrence of the Admiralty.