§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of Great Britain to ratify the protocol reached at the recent Opium Conference at Geneva; and whether he proposes to lay the document before Parliament?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSAs has been stated in reply to a previous question by the Noble Lady the Member for Plymouth (Viscountess Astor) on the 24th March, it is the intention of the Government as at present advised to ratify the agreements reached at the recent Conferences. I doubt whether it is necessary to incur the expense of printing the documents as a Parliamentary Paper at this stage, as they will doubtless be published very shortly by the League of Nations Office.