Mr. CHANCELLORasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many arbitration treaties and agreements of a permanent and of a temporary character are known to the Foreign Office to be now in operation between England and foreign nations, between our self-governing dominions and foreign nations, and between foreign nations.
§ Sir E. GREYThe answer to the first point is that there are no arbitration treaties between this country and foreign states of unlimited duration. There are thirteen which have been concluded for a period of five years, most of which have been renewed for a further period of five years. In addition to the above, treaties have been signed with the Argentine Republic and Brazil which have not as yet been ratified by the King. All these treaties and agreements apply to the whole of the British Dominions and Possessions. The foregoing are, of course, exclusive of agreements that have been concluded for submitting special cases to arbitration, such as the North Atlantic Fisheries, the case of Savarkar, and others, as a result of which, for the most part, awards have been pronounced. The1672W answer to the last point is that there are about seventy-two according to a recent list prepared by the International Arbitration Bureau at The Hague.