HC Deb 25 February 1924 vol 170 c83W
Sir W. DAVISON

asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the Secretary of State for the Home Department has recently stated that it is certainly true that every party affiliated to the Labour and Socialist International definitely undertakes to accept the decisions of the International, on the ground that the International can only be a real force for peace and reconstruction if its decisions on all international questions are accepted by all affiliated nations; and whether he will inform the House how in these circumstances he and his colleagues who are still members of the International are entirely free from liability to observe the decisions of the International on international questions in the event of such decisions conflicting with the interests of Great Britain as compared with the interests of other foreign Powers?

The PRIME MINISTER

I have not seen the speech referred to, but the hon. Member may take it that the statement I made in reply to himself and others on the 18th instant represents the substance of the position, and to it I have nothing to add.