Captain BENNasked the Prime Minister whether the policy of the Government is to accept a 25 years' mandate for Iraq?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, Sir. The Government informed the Council of the League of Nations at their last session that they were prepared under certain conditions to give effect to the Protocol of the existing Treaty of Alliance by replacing it after 1928 by a treaty of longer duration which should continue our co-operation and advice in maintaining a stable and progressive Government in Iraq until such time as Iraq has acquired the necessary stability for her entry to the League of Nations.