§ Mr. FORRESTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state the attitude of Poland and China respecting their request for a permanent or non-permanent seat on the Council; and whether Germany has expressed any fresh views as a condition of her accession to the League on the actual number of permanent seats on the Council?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINIt would not be appropriate for me to make a statement on the attitude of foreign Governments towards matters which are still under deliberation. The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.
§ Mr. FORRESTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the attitude of the British Government on the subject of increasing the number of permanent seats on the Council of the League of Nations; whether the Committee on the composition of the League will meet again before the next Assembly, and, if so, when; and whether the Report to which it recently agreed will then be adopted merely as a matter of form or whether it will be capable of variation?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINThe attitude of His Majesty's Government towards proposals for an increase in the number of permanent seats on the Council is unchanged since it was last defined in this House. I understand that the Committee to which the hon. Member refers will meet before the next Assembly, but no definite date has been fixed. I cannot predict the course of its proceedings.