§ Mr. BROADasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government is considering with the other Allied Governments the advisability of the withdrawal of all the Allied troops from the Rhineland; and 1382W whether this question is being or has been discussed by the Foreign Secretary with the representatives of France and Germany at the meeting at Geneva of the Council of the League of Nations?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONIn regard to the first part of this question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Plaistow (Mr. W. Thorne) on the 15th December last, to which I have nothing to add. As regards the second part of the question, I shall not be in a position to answer the hon. Member's enquiry until my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has returned from Geneva.